Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Scene of Metal Workers, Tomb of Rekhmire
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.
Two pairs of ancient Egyptian workers are depicted in a pottery-making scene.
The image shows a detailed scene with two pairs of workers engaging in pottery-making. The upper pair is involved in holding a vessel over a fire, while the lower pair tends to a kiln or oven, as suggested by the depicted flames. The workers are dressed in traditional loincloths, and the composition is set against a light background, emphasizing the figures and their activities.
daily life
New Kingdom
modern_reproduction
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
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