Shabty of Amunmose
Description
Object Label: New Kingdom Funerary Arts Far from being static, as people often think, Egyptian art developed and evolved over time. Although funerary objects such as coffins, canopic jars, shabties, and model food offerings were already known in the Middle Kingdom, many of their forms had changed significantly by the time of the New Kingdom. Some differences may reflect the desire to conform to contemporary aesthetic standards. Other new designs suggest a conscious attempt to enhance an object’s magical potency, thus increasing the deceased’s potential for life after death. Caption: Shabty of Amunmose, ca. 1479–1352 B.C.E.. Wood, 8 9/16 x 2 1/16 in. (21.7 x 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.149E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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- Brooklyn 37.149E PNM text
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A dark-painted wooden shabti (mummiform figure) standing upright, with a long band of incised/painted hieroglyphs down its torso and legs.
The image shows a single mummiform figure (shabti) in three-quarter view, with a rounded head and stylized facial features. A tripartite wig/indicated hair is suggested by the shape of the head covering. The figure is painted a dark color (black/dark brown) with lighter traces along details. A broad band of horizontal registers and vertical strokes fill the body from chest to lower legs; these appear to be hieroglyphic inscription in multiple lines/sections. No clearly legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The base is tapered/rectangular at the bottom, consistent with a figure meant to stand in a collection. No explicit cartouche or royal name is clearly readable in the provided image resolution. Overall surface condition looks worn but not fully fragmented.
Cross-references (3)
- BKM-Accession 37.149E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3978 tier-2
- PNM-Object pnm:83913769 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.