Can you find me a higher res shot of this Egyptian tomb image?

September 17, 2022 10:22 AM

I'm about to make a copy of an Egyptian chair with lions paw feet. This detail from the paintings in Rekhmire's tomb shows a craftsman (seated figure, top middle) finishing up one such leg.

Google Image is not helping and most word searches lead to the adjacent figure, who's drilling holes for seat webbing.

To be clear, I'm looking for higher resolution of the ORIGINAL tomb image and not any of the painted illustrations made from it. I have an idea about what tool is depicted in his hand and want make sure I'm on the right track.

Thanks

posted by brachiopod to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

This image of the reproduction by Nina M. Davies is highest resolution I've been able to find. I'm guessing you found that already.

There are plenty of stock photo websites which claim to have higher resolution images. But, to be honest, they look very low-quality. You could spend a bunch of money for more pixels at a stock photo site, but I didn't see anything with more clarity.

Given the paucity of crisp original images, you might want to reach out to specific researchers in the field of ancient Egyptian carpentry (see, for example, email address on first page of PDF, and further sources in notes). They might have access to better digital imagery in private collections.
posted by mcbaya at 11:47 AM on September 17, 2022

TinEye is much better than Google Images for finding other copies of a specific image rather than generally similar things. For this one it turns up a thumbnail for a similar but different 1200 x 981 photo, taken from a slightly lower angle but including the part you're interested in. Sadly it's a dead link - seems it used to be here but isn't any more.
posted by automatronic at 7:36 PM on September 17, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks for the help. As suggested by mcbaya, I've sent an email to the author of that paper. The version he included is pretty low-res, so my hopes aren’t high. I did find a Flickr gallery of great looking Rekhmire tomb photos but the image I'm after is just out of frame.
posted by brachiopod at 1:49 PM on September 18, 2022