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

Funerary Figurine of Iuefaa

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Description

Caption: Funerary Figurine of Iuefaa, 664–343 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 9/16 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. (9 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.232E. (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 figure with a mummiform shape.

The artifact is a shabti figure, typically used in ancient Egyptian burial practices. It is mummiform in appearance, with a visible headdress and stylized facial features. The figure is made from faience, evidenced by its glazed, turquoise-green hue, although much of the surface is worn or eroded exposing a brownish underlayer. The craftsmanship suggests it was intended for inclusion in a burial assemblage, possibly to serve the deceased in the afterlife.

funerary New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.232E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 116931 tier-2
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