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

Linen and mud from interior of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure

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Description

Linen, mud

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 photographed bundle of deteriorated linen strips and embedded dark earthen material, likely remnants associated with the interior of a small figure.

The image shows an oval, shallow tray containing tangled, brownish linen fragments (woven fabric) and multiple chunks of gray-brown mud/soil. Some linen pieces appear folded or layered, with edges frayed and surface dirt present, suggesting long-term deposition and handling. No clear carved/painted figure features, facial elements, or legible hieroglyphs are visible; the contents appear to be textile and mud remnants rather than a complete artifact. There is no readable Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The overall composition is documentary/archival photography of material components, not an inscribed object.

photographic documentation Ptolemaic Period (per catalogue ground truth; object appears as surviving linen and mud remnants consistent with that attribution but no period-specific markers are visible). fragmentary
Materials linen (woven textile fragments)mud/earth (dark gray-brown earthen chunks)

Connections

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116248068 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 21.9.1d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 577767 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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