Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Uninscribed Shabty
Description
Caption: Uninscribed Shabty, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 4 1/8 x 1 x 3/4 in. (10.5 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.189E. (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 shabti figurine with a mummiform shape.
The artifact is a faience shabti, depicting a human figure with crossed arms, traditionally used as a servant for the afterlife. The figure is styled in typical mummiform, with a striated wig and a defined but featureless face. The surface shows signs of weathering with remnants of blue glaze.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.189E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3981 tier-2
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