Shabty Box of Amunemhat
Description
Caption: Shabty Box of Amunemhat, ca. 1400–1336 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment (Egyptian blue), 12 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 1.5 lb. (31.8 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 0.68kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 50.130a-b. (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 wooden pillar-like object with vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a tall, narrow wooden object with a flat base and rounded top, possibly a stela or a similar structure. It features a vertical column of hieroglyphs in the center of one side. The wood appears aged, with visible grains and signs of wear, indicating an ancient origin. Notable features include the simple, yet effective, rounded top and the prominence of the inscriptions. The knobs at the top add a distinctive touch to its design.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 50.130a-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 3549 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.