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Ushabti of Uza-hor

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.203E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.203E
Find spot: Giza, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26
Date: 664–525 B.C.E.
Date range: 664 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['Faience']
Height: 12.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Caption: Ushabti of Uza-hor, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, Height: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.203E. (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.

A small Egyptian ushabti-style figurine/standing worker, shown from the front with a seated body model and a mummiform pose, with a face and applied/drawn facial features.

The image shows a single small ceramic/faience funerary figurine with a human head and tightly crossed or folded arms on the chest. The figure wears a tripartite wig or headcloth/head covering; the face has incised eyes and a beard-like strip or chin ornament. The body is decorated with bands of incised hieroglyphs arranged in horizontal rows, consistent with ushabti inscriptions naming the deceased and/or providing labor spells. The lower section includes rectangular/strap-like details and further rows of hieroglyphs. No clearly legible cartouche or royal name can be confidently read at this resolution. The overall surface is worn and abraded, with areas where the glaze/tint appears mottled. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

funerary Late Period (as catalogued); inscription style appears consistent with Late Period ushabti texts, though exact dating cannot be confirmed from the image alone. poor

Deities unknown

Royals unknown

Materials faience (mottled greenish/tan surface consistent with glazed ceramic; exact color uncertain due to wear)

Signs incised horizontal hieroglyph rows (individual signs not reliably legible) ×20

Visible text "Unclear—hieroglyphs are present in multiple horizontal bands but individual signs and any name 'Uza-hor' cannot be read with confidence from the provided image."

Connections

Found at Giza

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.203E tier-2
BKM-Object 116910 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.