Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Ushabti of Pedenit

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.168E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 37.168E
Find spot: Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26, or later
Date: 664–332 B.C.E.
Date range: 664 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['Faience']
Height: 14.8 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Description

Caption: Ushabti of Pedenit, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, height: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); width: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); depth of base: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.168E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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.

Photograph of a small standing ancient Egyptian funerary figurine (ushabti-type) with a long, broad face and clasped hands, wearing a tripartite wig and a short kilt.

The object appears as a standing shabti/ushabti figure rendered in dark grey material with molded facial features: a heavy, forward-projecting nose, half-closed eyes, and a broad mouth. The head is covered by a wig/headdress that falls over the sides of the head; a front section of the wig is indicated by raised lines. The arms are held forward with the hands clasped at chest level. The body includes a short kilt with a pleated or ribbed effect. A large area of hieroglyphic text fills the torso and front of the lower body, arranged in horizontal lines; individual signs are partially worn/blurred but the presence of inscription is clear. The base is flat with a slight convex/rounded edge. No clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The caption/catalogue identifies the figurine as an ushabti of Pedenit; however, the specific name “Pedenit” is not legible from this image, so the match cannot be confirmed visually.

funerary Late Period (as catalogued); exact dynasty/decade unclear from image. good

Materials faience (surface appears ceramic/glazed; catalogue states faience)

Signs Mixed hieroglyphic signs in horizontal registers on torso/lower body (inscription field) ×50

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.168E tier-2
BKM-Object 116876 tier-2

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From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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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.