Linen and mud from interior of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure
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.
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)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- 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.