Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Drilling a Stone Vase, 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.
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
Cross-references (4)
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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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