Ushabti
Description
Caption: Ushabti, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. (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 blue-green faience ushabti figurine with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a small ushabti, crafted from a blue-green faience material, with detailed features and a column of hieroglyphic text running down the front. It displays typical ushabti characteristics: a mummiform shape with arms crossed over the chest. The craftsmanship appears refined, with distinct facial features and a clear inscription.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.178 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9453 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.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.