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

Ramp Building Scene, Tomb of Rekhmire

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1504–1425 B.C. Tempera on paper. facsimile: h. 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in); w. 53.5 cm (21 1/16 in), scale 1:1, framed: h. Original from: Tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1948.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Rectangular, faded drawing on paper showing a schematic wall/plan-like composition with blocks of light coloring and faint red and dark lines, resembling a sketch of an Egyptian tomb decoration layout.

The image is a framed rectangular sheet with a very light background and extensive, faint outlines forming a grid-like or panelled arrangement. Narrow bands and rectangular blocks in pale orange/cream suggest areas where painted figures or architectural features may have been indicated. Thin red lines (and some darker linework) appear along borders and around sections, possibly marking registers or scene boundaries. Faint, small marks resembling hieroglyph-like strokes are visible in the upper-left area, but the forms are too incomplete to identify specific signs confidently. No clearly legible royal cartouche, deity icon, or continuous narrative scene is discernible at this resolution; much of the drawing appears washed out or abraded.

unclear New Kingdom (per catalogue; image itself not diagnostic) poor
Materials papertempera (implied by catalogue; not directly confirmable visually)red pigment/ink lines
Signs unidentified small strokes/possible hieroglyphic fragments ×5

Connections

Materials Paper

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185315 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 48.105.17 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544650 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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