Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Brickmakers, 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.
A depiction of ancient Egyptian workers engaged in constructing mudbrick structures.
This scene portrays several ancient Egyptian laborers, mostly scantily clad, actively involved in the process of making and constructing with mudbricks. The figures are shown carrying, shaping, and placing bricks. The rendering style is typical of Egyptian tomb paintings, with simplified figures and a focus on activity rather than individual characteristics.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
paint
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