Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Stone Masons Sqaring a Block, Tomb of Rekhmire
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 shows a fragmentary mural with two human figures engaged in an activity.
This fragmentary painting depicts two male figures involved in handling tasks, possibly involving building or crafting activities. The figures are painted in a reddish-brown hue common in Egyptian art to represent male skin. The surrounding plaster is heavily worn, indicating significant age and exposure. The style suggests a focus on daily life scenes, typical of such mural fragments from tombs, and the composition emphasizes motion and labor.
daily life
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
plaster
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