Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Privy Counsellor of Amun, Ku
Description
Caption: Privy Counsellor of Amun, Ku, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, Height 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.176E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
A small, faience shabti figurine with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The image depicts a blue-green faience shabti, a funerary figurine, which features the characteristic mummiform shape. The front of the figurine is inscribed with a series of vertical hieroglyphs, common to such artifacts, intended to serve the deceased in the afterlife. The craftsmanship suggests a standard production style typical of shabtis.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.176E tier-2
- BKM-Object 116884 tier-2
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