Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · textile

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign, ca. 1492–1473 B.C. Linen, ink. L. 488 cm (192 1/8 in.); w. 147 cm (57 7/8 in.). From: Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), inside 36.3.55a, b (Box "E" Sheet 22), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1936.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A close-up photograph shows folded linen fabric sheets with black ink markings/hieroglyph-like signs arranged in small groups.

The image depicts several pieces of light-colored linen textile, folded and stacked. The edges are visibly fringed/selvage with loose threads, consistent with an inscribed or written sheet or textile fragments. On two prominent folded panels, there are clusters of black ink marks: one cluster appears like two separate horizontal strokes with a small vertical element above, and another resembles a small group of signs including one that may look like an eye/spiral motif; a separate folded section near the lower center shows additional black ink symbols. A smaller set of ink marks appears near the middle/right panel, including a sign that resembles a spiral or looped glyph. No clearly legible full cartouches or determinatives can be confirmed from the photograph resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No explicit royal titulary or names are identifiable with confidence. The catalogued “Sheet” (linen with ink) is consistent with what is visible: linen fibers and dark ink inscriptions.

daily life New Kingdom (per catalogue; image does not provide sufficient secure dating features) good
Materials linenink
Signs unknown grouped hieroglyph-like ink marks ×3 looped/spiral-like sign cluster small horizontal/vertical stroke grouping
Visible text "Multiple small clusters of black ink signs on folded linen; exact reading unclear (not reliably transcribable from the provided image)."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Multiple small clusters of black ink signs on folded linen; exact reading unclear (not reliably transcribable from the provided image).

Connections

Materials InkLinen

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116274498 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 36.3.91 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 564810 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.