Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Funerary Figurine of the Chief Physician Psamtekseneb
Description
Caption: Funerary Figurine of the Chief Physician Psamtekseneb, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 15/16 x 1 3/8 in. (10 x 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.211E. (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 shabti figurine displayed against a textured background.
The object is a faience shabti, a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian burials. The shabti is depicted with crossed arms, holding farming implements, symbolizing its role in serving the deceased in the afterlife. The surface is adorned with hieroglyphic inscriptions, typical of New Kingdom to Late Period shabtis.
funerary
Late Period
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh ×2
Djed
Visible text
"Wsir nb tA Dsr"
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.211E tier-2
- BKM-Object 116913 tier-2
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