Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Funerary Figurine of the Chief Physician Psamtekseneb

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Description

Caption: Funerary Figurine of the Chief Physician Psamtekseneb, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 4 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/16 in. (12.3 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.204E. (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 faience funerary figurine depicting a mummiform figure with inscriptions.

The artifact is a small, green faience ushabti figurine representing a mummiform figure. The figure wears a nemes headdress and is depicted with arms crossed over the chest. The surface is covered with hieroglyphic inscriptions that likely include a spell or identification common to ushabtis. The style is consistent with typical funerary art intended to serve in the afterlife.

funerary New Kingdom good
Materials faience
Signs ankh djed

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.204E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 116911 tier-2
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