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Worker Shabti of Nauny

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Description

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, reign of Psusennes I, ca. 1050 B.C. Faience. H. 8.9 × W. 3.2 × D. 2.1 cm (3 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 13/16 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

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.

Blue faience shabti figure shown front-facing with arms crossed or held over the chest and a black-painted incised inscription on its front.

The image depicts a small, mummiform/standing shabti-like figurine in a predominantly blue faience glaze with areas of wear and chipped edges. The figure has a rounded head with a stylized wig or headdress and a simplified face in profile/three-quarter view, with no distinct metal or stone details visible. The body is shaped in a vertical form with the arms held forward at the torso. On the front of the figure, a vertical column of dark, ink/paint-like hieroglyphs is visible within a bordered or framed area. There are no clearly identifiable cartouches, crowns, or royal insignia visible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (consistent with catalogue) good
Materials faience (blue glaze)
Signs Vertical column of hieroglyphs (unreadable in this image) ×10
Visible text "Vertical column of hieroglyphs in dark paint/ink; individual characters cannot be confidently read from the provided image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical column of hieroglyphs in dark paint/ink; individual characters cannot be confidently read from the provided image.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116444255 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.3.30.17 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 625877 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.