Funerary Figurine of the Chief Physician Psamtekseneb
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.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.204E tier-2
- BKM-Object 116911 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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