Shabty of Sati
Description
Object Label: A taste for richly decorated objects developed during the time of Amunhotep III, both in statuary and in the personal arts such as pottery and jewelry. This funerary figure, or shawabti, is decorated vividly with paste inlays in six different colors, conveying a sense of opulence and excess not found in shawabtis from any other reign. Despite the costliness of such a piece, its owner, a woman named Sati, was neither royalty nor a high-ranking official; her title simply means "mistress of the house." Caption: Shabty of Sati, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Faience, Height 9 13/16 in. (25 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.123E. (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 shabti figurine depicting a mummiform figure with painted hieroglyphs.
The artifact is a brightly painted shabti, a funerary figurine commonly found in ancient Egyptian tombs. It depicts a mummiform figure with detailed facial features and a nemes headdress. The torso and legs are adorned with several horizontal lines of hieroglyphs. The hands are crossed over the chest, each holding a small farming tool. The vibrant colors suggest a well-preserved state, typically seen in shabtis from the New Kingdom period.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.123E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3972 tier-2
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