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The Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet

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Description

Caption: The Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet, ca. 1295–1185 B.C.E.. Papyrus, pigment, ink, 35.1448a-o, as mounted: 20 1/16 x 15/16 x 51 1/8 in. (51 x 2.4 x 129.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1448a-o.

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.

Fragmentary Egyptian papyrus with multiple dense lines of black-brown ink hieroglyphs and vignette-like figures, shown against a white background.

The image shows a large, irregular papyrus fragment spread across a background, with many joined or overlapping text blocks. Across most of the surviving surface, hieroglyphic signs are arranged in horizontal registers or clusters, executed in a dark ink (black to dark brown) with occasional lighter/brown areas suggesting pigment application or aged papyrus. Several small human/figure-like vignettes appear embedded among the text, but the details are too fragmentary to reliably identify specific iconography or deities. No clearly legible royal name cartouche, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible at this resolution; similarly, no exact inscription excerpt can be transcribed confidently. The overall appearance matches a hieroglyphic funerary papyrus with spells/illustrations rather than a standalone monumental inscription.

funerary New Kingdom, Ramesside Period (consistent with catalogue; specific attribution not confirmable from image details). fragmentary
Materials Papyruspigmentink
Signs Hieroglyphic text (mixed signs; exact sign forms not reliably legible)

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials PapyrusPigmentInk

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 35.1448a-o tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3370 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.