Fragment of Ushabti
Description
Caption: Fragment of Ushabti, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 15/16 × 1 1/8 in. (5 × 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.367. (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.
Fragmentary statuette of a figure with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The image depicts a small, fragmented ancient Egyptian statuette. The object features detailed hieroglyphic inscriptions across the torso area. The style is typical of funerary artifacts, suggesting a protective or symbolic purpose. The composition is primarily stone, common in small funerary statues meant to serve as vessels for the ka (spirit). Notable features include the preserved incised hieroglyphs, though the upper section of the statuette is missing, and the lower section shows signs of erosion.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.367 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9620 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.