Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose

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.

Photograph of a damaged horizontal strip of Egyptian papyrus covered with dense black ink hieroglyphic text, with faint red/colored ground and irregular torn edges.

The image shows a rectangular, partially fragmentary papyrus sheet oriented horizontally. The surface is filled with tightly spaced rows of hieroglyphs in black ink; occasional areas of red pigment/ground appear across the sheet, with some lines showing colored accents. The papyrus edges are irregular and torn, including a prominent right-side loss. No clear painted vignettes or figure scenes are distinguishable from this image; the primary visible content is continuous hieroglyphic writing. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible. Individual determinatives and sign forms are present throughout, but the resolution and cropping do not allow reliable identification of specific named individuals, cartouches, or deities beyond the general presence of funerary Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. The catalogue title refers to “Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose,” but a clearly readable cartouche or name confirming “Sobekmose” is not legible here.