Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Worker Shabti of Nauny Third Intermediate PeriodDeir el-Bahri
Description
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, reign of Psusennes I, ca. 1050 B.C. Faience. H 8.9 × W 3.3 × D 1.9 cm (3 1/2 × 1 5/16 × 3/4 in.). From: Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358, MMA 65), first corridor, burial of Nauny, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1928–29. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1930.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Vertical inscription on the front; exact reading including 'Nauny' is unclear/illegible in the provided image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116444032 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.3.26.55 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 625723 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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