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-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Sculpted stone head of a human figure with short facial features and a close-fitting head covering, shown against a plain background.
The artifact is a small, rounded sculpture depicting a head and upper neck. The face is worn but retains carved features: a defined nose, almond-shaped eyes with minimal detail, and a straight mouth. The head has a smooth, rounded hairstyle/head covering consistent with royal or funerary statuary conventions; no clear crown elements are visible. The surface has mottled gray/black tones with lighter speckling, suggesting polished stone with weathering or tool marks. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions are visible on the photographed surface. No explicit divine iconography is identifiable from this view.
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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