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

Drilling a Stone Vase, Tomb of Rekhmire

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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.

Seated figure holding a scepter, depicted in profile.

The artifact shows a seated male figure holding a scepter in a distinctive pose. The artwork features traditional Egyptian style with outlined contours and a composite view. The figure, potentially of noble or divine standing, is artistically rendered with attention to detail in the posture and attire.

religious New Kingdom good
Materials papyrus

Connections

Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185110 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 31.6.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544631 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.
  • 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.