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Stone Masons Sqaring a Block, Tomb of Rekhmire

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Description

Paper, tempera paint, ink

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.

Painted scene showing two red-brown figures in a workplace-like activity, each beside a vertical rectangular outline, set against a white background with scattered pigments.

The image appears to be a museum photograph of a painted wall-figure or panel: two male-presenting figures rendered in a red-brown palette move or work near upright rectangular blocks/frames outlined in thin red-brown lines. The left figure is shown low to the ground or kneeling with an arm extended; the right figure stands or strides to the right with one arm raised and the other extended. No clearly legible hieroglyphic lines or inscriptions are visible within the frame. The background is largely white with flaking/patchy wear and scattered red paint remnants; the right side includes a small orange-red fragment and a faint rectangular border. Overall, it reads as part of a New Kingdom tomb relief painting program, though exact context (e.g., “stone masons squaring a block” and specific identification to the Tomb of Rekhmire) cannot be verified from inscriptions or cartouches in this image alone.

daily life New Kingdom (as catalogued; exact sub-phase unclear from image alone) poor
Materials painted surfacepigment (red-brown/orange-red)white ground/plaster (painted)

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185318 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 31.6.27 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544653 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.