Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other
Shabty of Akhenaten
Description
Caption: Shabty of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 4 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1 15/16 in., 0.5 lb. (11.4 × 7.9 × 4.9 cm, 0.23kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1883.
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.
Fragment of a small alabaster statue depicting a figure with crossed arms.
The artifact is a fragmentary piece of an alabaster statue, missing the head and lower body. The figure is depicted with crossed arms, a common pose in Egyptian art, possibly indicating a funerary or royal context. The surface is smooth with visible wear and some chipping, indicative of the statue's age and exposure.
funerary
unclear
fragmentary
Materials
alabaster
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1883 tier-2
- BKM-Object 45504 tier-2
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