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Ushabti of Ptah-semem-psamtik

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Description

Caption: Ushabti of Ptah-semem-psamtik, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 7 13/16 x 1 15/16 x depth through base 1 9/16 in. (19.8 x 5 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.140E. (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 mummiform figurine (ushebti/shabti) carved in faience, shown front-facing with a kneeling mummiform body and hands crossed over the chest holding tools or a staff-like implement.

The object is a vertical, human-shaped ushebti-type figurine with a shaved or simplified head, a tripartite wig or head covering, and a tight mummiform pose. The face is molded with simplified features; the arms are positioned across the torso. On the front of the torso and legs are incised/relief hieroglyph-like lines forming a register of text, though individual signs are not fully legible at this resolution. A broader rectangular band of ornamentation/text appears across the upper-middle, followed by multiple lines filling the lower body. No clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic is visible. No royal cartouche is clearly readable; the inscriptions appear to be ushebti providing-name/possibly offering/duty text rather than a single clearly identifiable king’s titulary.

funerary Late Period (per catalogue); exact dynasty/regnal date unclear from image alone good
Materials faience (glazed ceramic, grey-blue tone)
Signs incised hieroglyphic signs/lines on torso and legs (not fully legible) ×30
Visible text "Multiple incised hieroglyphic lines across the upper body and down the legs; individual sign values are unclear at this image resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Multiple incised hieroglyphic lines across the upper body and down the legs; individual sign values are unclear at this image resolution.

Connections

Deities Ptah

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.140E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 116854 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.