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

Metal Working, Tomb of Rekhmire

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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 man playing a flute.

The artifact shows a male figure seated on a stool, playing a flute. The painting style is typical of Egyptian art, with a focus on profile depictions and clear, bold outlines. The background features stylized objects, possibly musical or ceremonial items.

daily life New Kingdom modern_reproduction
Materials papyrus

Connections

Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185311 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 31.6.22 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544647 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.
  • 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.