Shabty of Lady Sati
Description
Object Label: In the Egyptian view, this image of a woman has a male face and hands because they are colored red, the “male” color. This use of color magically transformed her into a male being. A red face and hands also identified the deceased with the sun-god, Re, who traveled in a boat across the sky by day and into the land of the dead at night. This woman’s “male” red skin gave her access to transportation to the next life in the god’s boat. A shabty performed work assigned to the deceased in the next world. This shabty was made by a rare and expensive process using multiple colors of faience. It was likely a product of a royal workshop. Caption: Shabty of Lady Sati, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Faience, 10 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (26 × 8.9 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.124E. (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 figure with detailed hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a shabti, a funerary figurine, with detailed inscriptions covering its body. The figure is mummiform, with crossed arms holding implements. The head features a tripartite wig with painted details. The inscriptions are neatly arranged in horizontal bands, typical of funerary contexts.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.124E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3973 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.
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