Head from a Shabty of King Akhenaten
Description
Caption: Head from a Shabty of King Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, 2 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (7.2 x 7 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 33.52. (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 fragmentary sculpture of a pharaoh's head wearing a nemes headdress.
The image depicts a fragment of a limestone sculpture showing the head of a pharaoh with distinct facial features and wearing a nemes headdress, a traditional head covering decorated with stripes. The head is highly stylized, with remnants of detailed carving visible on the face, although it is worn. The sculpture likely adorned a larger statue or monument, characteristic of royal depictions in ancient Egyptian art.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 33.52 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3317 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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