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

Man Making Leather Rope, Tomb of Rekhmire

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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.

An ancient Egyptian scene depicting a man holding a rope, possibly related to rope-making or weaving.

The image features a male figure seated and engaging in an activity involving a rope. He is wearing a traditional Egyptian shendyt. The background includes circular patterns, possibly representing coiled materials. The style is characteristic of Egyptian tomb paintings with simplified human forms, vibrant colors, and a clear, flat composition.

daily life New Kingdom good
Materials paintplaster

Connections

Materials PaintPlaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185112 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.8.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544632 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).
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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.