Tomb Chapel of Raemkai

Title: Tomb Chapel of Raemkai
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain.
Creator: Unknown under Dynasty 5
Date: ca 2446-2389 BCE
Description: The Chapel of Raemkai has been rebuilt within the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The walls are decorated with numerous relief carvings which describe Raemkai and his offices, as well as a variety of the scenes. The scenes include: harvesting grain, transporting goods (by hand and on the backs of donkeys), transporting cows and goats, butchering animals, fishing, making bread, and presumably depictions of Raemkai himself.
Format: Relief carving and bricks. Limestone and paint.
Language: Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contributor: Aiden Lucier
Identifier: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 08.201.1a–i.
Subject: Egypt; Ancient Egypt; Tomb; Chapel; Egyptian Tomb; Raemkai; Dynasty 5; Relief; Egyptian carving
Source: Jpg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11/9/2025. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/590874.