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

Uninscribed Ushabti

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Description

Caption: Uninscribed Ushabti, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 4 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 13/16 in. (11 x 3 x 2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.186E. (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 ancient Egyptian faience figurine of a mummiform deity or figure.

This artifact is a faience statuette representing a mummiform figure, likely a deity or a symbolic object. The figure is depicted with arms crossed over the chest, typical of funerary or religious iconography. The surface shows signs of aging and weathering, with a bluish-green glaze characteristic of faience. The workmanship suggests an emphasis on stylized features rather than detailed realism, common in Egyptian art.

funerary unknown good
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.186E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 116894 tier-2
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