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Funerary Figurine of Treasurer, Psametik called Ahmose

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Description

Caption: Funerary Figurine of Treasurer, Psametik called Ahmose, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 7 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (18 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.164E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small green-blue faience funerary figurine depicting a standing mummiform figure with a tight head covering and a broad collar, inscribed along the torso with horizontal bands of hieroglyphs.

The object is a standing, human-shaped figurine with a rounded, stylized head and a tightly wrapped headcloth. The figure wears a broad collar/neckband across the upper chest. The lower body tapers toward the base, suggesting a mummiform or wrapped stance typical of Late Period funerary figurines. The surface is covered with multiple horizontal registers of painted/incised hieroglyph-like signs arranged in bands from the chest down to the legs; the exact sign identities are not fully legible at this resolution, but they clearly indicate an inscription rather than purely decorative patterning. The visible coloration is characteristic of turquoise/green-blue faience glaze, with worn areas where the glaze is abraded.

funerary Late Period (as catalogued); exact dynasty uncertain from the image alone. good
Materials faience (glazed ceramic)
Signs multiple hieroglyphic bands (individual signs indistinct)
Visible text "Hieroglyphic text in horizontal bands on the lower torso/upper legs; exact transliteration unclear from the image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic text in horizontal bands on the lower torso/upper legs; exact transliteration unclear from the image.

Connections

Found at Giza
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.164E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 116873 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.