Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Funerary Figurine of Iuefaa
Description
Caption: Funerary Figurine of Iuefaa, 664–343 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 9/16 x 1 1/16 x 11/16 in. (9 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.229E. (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.
Small green faience shabti figure with arms crossed.
The artifact is a faience shabti figurine, depicting a mummiform figure with crossed arms. The surface is pitted, indicative of wear or age, and colored in a turquoise-green typical of Egyptian faience. The figure wears a tripartite wig and appears to hold tools, consistent with shabtis' traditional purpose as servants in the afterlife.
funerary
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.229E tier-2
- BKM-Object 116928 tier-2
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