Vignette on Khonsu's inner coffin lid

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.

Painted vignette on a coffin lid panel showing Egyptian hieroglyphs and a standing mummiform/attired figure before an offering motif, with a dark, wigged/hairstyled figure to the right.

The image appears to be a close-up of a painted, gessoed wooden surface with an orange-yellow ground. Several columns/registers of dark hieroglyphic signs and red accents run across the left and central areas. To the right is a dark-skinned, bearded, wigged figure wearing a white garment/robe with a light-colored collar; the figure’s posture is frontal or three-quarter, facing left. Near the figure’s torso and lower body is a radiating disk/feather-like fan motif (white with red/orange rays) that resembles an offering or divine emblem rather than a clearly readable emblem. The surrounding hieroglyphs are not fully legible at this resolution, though multiple sign forms (including vertical strokes and seated/standing small figures) are visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent. No royal cartouche is clearly identifiable. The catalogue title refers to Khonsu’s inner coffin lid; while the scene contains hieroglyphs and a funerary figure consistent with New Kingdom coffin decoration, the specific deity name “Khonsu” is not clearly readable in this crop, so attribution cannot be confirmed from the visible text alone.