Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Women Preparing Food, Tomb of Djari

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Description

Paper, tempera paint, ink

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Depiction of ancient Egyptian people engaged in food preparation activities, possibly baking.

The scene features several figures performing tasks related to food preparation, including kneading and baking. The composition is structured in a line with figures in traditional Egyptian attire. The artwork is characterized by profile views and a hierarchical scale, with detailed representations of human activity. The background is neutral, focusing attention on the actions of the figures.

daily life New Kingdom good
Materials papyrus
Signs man with hand to mouth ×3 bird ×2

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185036 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 31.6.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544541 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).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.