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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, hand-sized Egyptian shabti figure (mummiform/standing) carved from clay with a vertically arranged face and body column of incised hieroglyphic text.

The object is a small clay shabti figure shown in isolation against a light background. The upper portion is rounded with a simplified head and facial features that are worn; the body tapers downward to a narrow base. Along the front face/torso there are darkened incised strokes forming a vertical column of hieroglyphs; the exact individual signs are unclear due to abrasion and low contrast. No cartouche is clearly visible. No painted surface is clearly distinguishable; the surface appears primarily brownish/beige with weathering consistent with fired/unfired clay preservation. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (as catalogued); exact date unclear from image alone. fragmentary
Materials clay
Signs unknown incised hieroglyphic signs in a vertical column ×6
Visible text "Hieroglyphic inscription in a vertical column on the front; specific signs unreadable/worn."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic inscription in a vertical column on the front; specific signs unreadable/worn.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116443566 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.3.321.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 587558 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.