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

Trimming Wood with an Adze, 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.

The image depicts an ancient Egyptian artisan sitting and crafting an object.

This artwork shows an artisan seated on a simple stool, engaged in crafting wooden objects. The style is typical of Egyptian wall paintings, with distinct profile views and use of color. Notable features include the detailed attention given to the tools and posture, indicating a focus on daily life activities.

daily life New Kingdom good
Materials woodpaint

Connections

Materials WoodPaint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185305 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 31.6.28 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544642 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.
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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.