Shabty of Amunemhat
Description
Caption: Shabty of Amunemhat, ca. 1400–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 9 3/4 × 3 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (24.8 × 9.2 × 6.4 cm) mount: 10 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (25.4 × 8.9 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 50.128. (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 with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a painted shabti figurine, typically used in funerary contexts, designed to serve the deceased in the afterlife. It features a mummiform figure with detailed facial features and a striped headdress. The arms are crossed, holding agricultural tools. The body is inscribed with hieroglyphs arranged in horizontal bands.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 50.128 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3547 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.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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