Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Small Model of a Coffin with Two Ushabti of Seba

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Description

Caption: Small Model of a Coffin with Two Ushabti of Seba, ca. 1075–945 B.C.E.. Wood, stone, linen, Sarcophagus length: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) Scarab length: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) Left Ushabti length: 7 in. (17.8 cm) Right Ushabti length: 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.126Ea-e. (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 wooden mummy-shaped figure with a hollow interior revealing wrapped contents.

The artifact is a wooden figure sculpted in the shape of a mummy. On the left, it is shown intact with a carved face and simple features, while on the right, the interior is revealed. Inside, the figure contains wrapped items, indicative of its use as a funerary object. Visible ancient inscriptions or designs are present on the wrappings inside.

funerary Middle Kingdom fragmentary
Materials woodlinen
Signs unknown
Visible text "unclear"

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials WoodLinen

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.126Ea-e tier-2
  • BKM-Object 116841 tier-2
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