Head of a Shabty of King Akhenaten
Description
Caption: Head of a Shabty of King Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Granite, 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 in. (8.3 × 8.9 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1866. (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.
A fragmentary head of a shabti figure mounted on a modern-looking peg, shown from the front with partial facial features and a beard/wig-like headdress.
The image shows a small, worn sculpture fragment representing the upper portion of a male figure’s head. The face is heavily abraded, but a stylized headdress/wig mass is visible across the top and sides, and a beard-like element hangs down the front. The surface is mottled with dark speckling and orange-brown patches consistent with a stone with mixed coloration. The head is mounted on a straight cylindrical peg that appears separate from the ancient object. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the fragment, and no identifiable deities or royal names can be confirmed from the damaged details. No modern text (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) is present.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1866 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3371 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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