Shabty of Akhenaten
Description
Caption: Shabty of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Pink granite, 6 11/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 3/16 in., 1.5 lb. (17 × 7.5 × 5.5 cm, 0.68kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1871.
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.
A weathered Egyptian shabti (mummiform figure) shown front-facing with incised surface details and a rounded head on a plain background.
The image depicts a small, dark pink to reddish stone figure in the mummiform (wrapped) shabti style. The head is rounded and partially worn, with the face and features heavily abraded. The body is covered by incised/relief-like lines suggesting wrapped legs and a pleated or ribbed garment, though fine details are largely obscured by erosion and staining. Near the lower body and legs there are faint incisions consistent with shabti depiction, but no clearly legible hieroglyphs or cartouches are visible in the provided photo. No distinct traces of paint or modern tool marks are obvious. The overall condition is poor due to surface loss, making any secure identification of royal names or deities impossible from the image alone.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1871 tier-2
- BKM-Object 45493 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.