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

Reaping Grain, Tomb of Tjay

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Description

Tempera on paper

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.

The image depicts a painting of ancient Egyptian figures engaging in a task, likely agriculture or daily life.

The painting features three figures in classic Egyptian style, wearing white garments with red accents, engaged in a task that seems to involve handling a large object, possibly related to grain processing. The composition displays the traditional Egyptian side profile and hierarchical scaling. Notable features include the use of earthy colors and detailed linear patterns, possibly representing woven baskets or storage bins. Parts of the image are damaged, with significant portions missing.

daily life New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials paintplaster

Connections

Materials PaintPlaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185047 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.4.126 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544555 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.