Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other

Shabty of the Scribe Amunemhat

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Description

Caption: Shabty of the Scribe Amunemhat, ca. 1400–1336 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment (Egyptian blue), 8 9/16 × 2 9/16 × 1 7/8 in. (21.8 × 6.5 × 4.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 50.129.

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 wooden shabti figure with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The artifact is a wooden shabti figure, typical of funerary art in ancient Egypt, designed to serve the deceased in the afterlife. It features a mummiform figure with arms crossed over the chest, adorned with a tripartite wig. The surface of the figure is inscribed with a vertical column of hieroglyphs running down the body, which are customary for identifying the individual and ensuring assistance in the afterlife.

funerary New Kingdom excellent
Materials wood
Signs man with hand to mouth ×3 water ripple ×5 reed leaf ×2
Visible text "wsir"

Connections

Found at Thebes
Materials Wood

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 50.129 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3548 tier-2
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