Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Making Leather Rope, 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.
Depiction of a man fishing with a net in an ancient Egyptian scene.
The image shows a painted scene of an Egyptian man standing while holding a fishing net. The background features typical Egyptian mural colors and artistic style, with evident damage and fading, characteristic of ancient wall paintings. The figure is adorned with traditional Egyptian attire indicative of daily life. The posture and objects suggest an activity related to sustenance and work.
daily life
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
paintplaster
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