Funerary Figurine of Iuefaa
Description
Caption: Funerary Figurine of Iuefaa, 664–343 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 5/8 x 1 1/16 x 11/16 in. (9.3 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.228E. (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 ancient Egyptian shabti figurine, likely representing a servant for the afterlife.
The artifact is a small, dark-colored shabti figure, typical of funerary objects intended to serve the deceased in the afterlife. The figure is roughly human-shaped and appears crafted from a stony material. Its surface shows signs of wear and some cracking, indicating age and potential burial context. There is minimal detailing, which is common for many shabti figures.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.228E tier-2
- BKM-Object 116927 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.