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Worker Shabti of Henettawy (C), Daughter of Isetemkheb

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Description

Worker Shabti, Henettawy C. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 990–970 B.C. Faience. h. 11.7 × w. 4.3 × d. 3.2 cm (4 5/8 × 1 11/16 × 1 1/4 in.). From: Tomb MMA 60, Chamber B, Burial of Henettawy C (4), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.

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 turquoise-blue faience shabti (mummiform figure) shown frontally, with a wig-like headdress and arms held across the chest.

The object is a small mummiform shabti/ushabti figure with a rounded head and a defined face. The head appears covered by a stylized wig/headdress; the body is blocky and tapers slightly toward the bottom. Both arms are brought forward across the torso in a conventional shabti pose. The lower portion preserves remnants of painted/incised detailing, including what appear to be vertical lines of incised text on the front/waist area, though the individual signs are not legible at this resolution. The figure’s surface is predominantly turquoise-blue with darker blue/blackish accents and some irregular wear and loss near the base and edges.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; figure type consistent but exact period not independently confirmable from image alone) good
Materials faience (turquoise-blue glaze)
Signs vertical line group(s) of incised hieroglyphs on front; exact signs unclear ×8
Visible text "Vertical incised hieroglyphic text on the front is present but too unclear to transcribe accurately from the provided image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical incised hieroglyphic text on the front is present but too unclear to transcribe accurately from the provided image.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245006 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 25.3.20.27 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 623243 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.