Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Shabty of Ankhesenmut
Description
Caption: Shabty of Ankhesenmut, ca. 1075–945 B.C.E.. Faience, 4 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in. (11.5 x 4 x 2.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 02.222. (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.
An ancient Egyptian shabti figure with inscriptions on the front surface.
The artifact is a small faience shabti, a funerary figurine designed to serve the deceased in the afterlife. It depicts a mummiform figure with crossed arms holding tools, signifying its role as a servant in the afterlife. The surface displays inscriptions in hieroglyphs, typical of funerary objects, intended to activate the figure's service.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Was
Visible text
"approximate hieroglyph transcription"
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 02.222 tier-2
- BKM-Object 15546 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.
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