Head from a Shabty of King Akhenaten
Description
Caption: Head from a Shabty of King Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Granite, 3 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 9 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1868. (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 stone bust of an ancient Egyptian figure wearing a nemes headdress.
The artifact is a stone bust depicting a figure wearing the traditional nemes headdress, which was commonly worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt. The bust appears to be carved from a dark stone and shows detailed facial features, despite some surface wear likely due to age and weathering. The style is characteristic of classical Egyptian art with an emphasis on symmetry and idealized features.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1868 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3373 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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