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Proposing Profiles for Ancient Egyptian Wooden Funerary Figures

Proposing Profiles for Ancient Egyptian Wooden Funerary Figures

Petrie Museum of Egyptian ArchaeologyCamden ·Thu 19 Nov · 1:15pm

A lunchtime talk presenting a PhD study of 1,850 ancient Egyptian wooden funerary figures from 67 UK collections, using an online catalogue and a "Profile Proposer" algorithm to find stylistic patterns. AI summary of the listing

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About the Event Ancient Egyptian wooden funerary figures are a component of wooden funerary model scenes (c. 2300–2181 BCE) that are often poorly documented and dispersed across museum collections. This presentation explores Sam’s PhD research, which developed a new approach to studying 1,850 figures from 67 UK collections, including the Petrie Museum. Using a bespoke online catalogue, visible features were…

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