Funerary Figurine of Nesikhonsu
Description
Caption: Funerary Figurine of Nesikhonsu, ca. 1075–945 B.C.E.. Faience, 6 13/16 × 2 1/4 in. (17.3 × 5.7 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, 16.184. (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 funerary figure with painted hieroglyphs on the lower half.
The artifact is a small, mummy-shaped funerary figure, known as a shabti or ushabti, crafted from stone. It is depicted with arms crossed over the chest and wears a detailed headcloth. The lower half is inscribed with columns of painted hieroglyphs, which are in black on a lighter background. The lines of text are neatly arranged and cover the legs of the figure.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.184 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9457 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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