Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Preparing Dough, Tomb of Rekhmire
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.
Two ancient Egyptian figures are depicted preparing bread using large utensils.
The image shows two ancient Egyptian men engaged in bread making. They are portrayed with a traditional Egyptian art style, characterized by their profile view, elongated limbs, and stylized features. Both figures are wearing white kilts and seem focused on their task, leaning over a large loaf-shaped object, possibly dough, with tools in hand. Above them is a depiction possibly representing a bread loaf or a baking structure.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
plasterpaint
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