Fragmentary Shabti of Akhenaten
Description
Caption: Fragmentary Shabti of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Sandstone, 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm) width at elbows: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.42. (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.
Fragmentary Egyptian shabti figure made of light-colored stone, shown standing with hands crossed at the chest and a vertical column of incised detail on the torso.
The image shows a small, rectangular shabti fragment carved from a pale, sandy stone. Only the upper torso is fully visible; the lower portion is broken away. The figure’s arms are bent and held together at the chest (hands crossed or clasped), a common shabti pose. On the visible center of the torso is a vertical, incised band containing small signs/lines that likely correspond to an inscription or identification text, though most characters are too unclear to read precisely from the photo. No clear cartouche or name is legible. The surface shows tool marks and weathering consistent with an ancient carving; the edges look chipped from breakage. A small accession/label tag is visible below the shabti but does not provide readable hieroglyphic content. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.42 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9315 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.