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

Funerary Figurine of Nesitanebetisheru

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Description

Caption: Funerary Figurine of Nesitanebetisheru, ca. 1075–945 B.C.E.. Faience, 5 5/16 × 2 5/16 in. (13.5 × 5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. (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 small ancient Egyptian shabti figurine with visible inscriptions.

The artifact is an ancient Egyptian shabti, depicted in a traditional mummiform stance with crossed arms. It is inscribed with hieroglyphs on the front side, indicating it might serve a funerary purpose. The shabti appears to be made from a material resembling faience and has a slightly worn surface, with the hieroglyphs still discernible.

funerary unknown good
Materials faience
Signs ankh

Connections

Found at Thebes
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.181 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9455 tier-2
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