Loaf of Bread
Description
Food, bread. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign, ca. 1492–1473 B.C. Bread. Diam. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); Th. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). From: Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), inside 36.3.57a, b (Basket "C"), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36. Subject: Bread. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1936.
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 single, round brown object resembling a bread loaf or bread fragment is shown against a plain light background.
The image depicts one compact, circular/oval baked item with a rough, porous surface and darker crusting along parts of the edge. No painted pigments, carving, or surface iconography is visible. There are no clearly legible hieroglyphs or any Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. No deities or royal names/cartouches are present, and the object appears to be an organic material consistent with baked bread rather than stone or metal.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252869 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.3.74 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 571401 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
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