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Shabti of Nesinebtasheru

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Description

Shabti, Nesinebtasheru. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21 (?), ca. 1070–945 B.C. Clay. H. 10 cm (3 15/16 in.). From: MMA Tomb 601, Deir el-Bahri, Cemetery 600, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1918–19. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1926.

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 small, mummiform shabti figurine made of light-colored material, with a carved face and a vertical inscription on the front.

The image shows a single compact shabti (mummiform) figurine photographed against a plain light background. The figure has a rounded head with simplified facial features, including a broad face and a nose and mouth indicated by shallow incisions or worn relief. The body is narrow and tapering downward, with the arms suggested by angled incisions across the torso. A vertical column of hieroglyphic signs is carved along the front of the figurine; the signs are partially worn/obscured but appear as dark engraved strokes. No clear cartouche or royal name is legible. No additional text (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) is visible. The surface looks like a fired clay body with minor surface loss; details are weathered but the overall form of a shabti with front inscription is clear.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; iconography consistent but inscription not legible enough for an independent date) fragmentary
Materials clay
Signs hieroglyphic signs in a vertical inscription column (exact signs unclear) ×8
Visible text "Vertical hieroglyphic inscription present on the front; characters are partially worn and not reliably readable in the image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical hieroglyphic inscription present on the front; characters are partially worn and not reliably readable in the image.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116443565 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.3.321.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 587557 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • 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.