Shabty of Queen Henuttawy
Description
Caption: Shabty of Queen Henuttawy, ca. 1075–945 B.C.E. Faience, 4 3/4 x 1 11/16 x 7/8 in. (12.1 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.6. (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 bright blue faience funerary figurine in the form of a mummy.
The artifact depicts a ushabti, a funerary figurine used traditionally in ancient Egyptian burial practices. It is crafted from blue faience, a material commonly used for such artifacts. The ushabti is in the form of a mummified figure with arms crossed over the chest. Visible are hieroglyphic inscriptions running vertically down the front of the figure, likely inscribed with spells or the name of the deceased.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.6 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19079 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.