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Carpenter with Tools, 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.

A depiction of an Egyptian worker making a wooden object.

The image shows a seated worker holding a long piece of wood, with tools nearby, suggesting a scene of carpentry or woodworking. The style is characterized by flat colors and a profile view common in Egyptian art. Notable is the presence of a rectangular object, possibly a toolbox, and other woodworking equipment.

daily life New Kingdom good
Materials pigmentwood

Connections

Found at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Materials WoodPigment

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185306 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 31.6.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544643 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.