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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. 8.7 × W. 3.2 × D. 2 cm (3 7/16 × 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 (mummiform figure) shown frontally with arms crossed on the chest and a vertical column of incised hieroglyphs on the torso.

The image depicts a small mummiform shabti/ushabti figure in blue, suggesting faience with a glazed surface. The head is rounded and blank/low-relief, with minimal facial detail visible. A dark line or banding across the upper body may indicate remnants of paint or shadow from wear. The figure has the characteristic crossed arms and a stylized torso. On the front is a large, black incised vertical panel of hieroglyphs, though the individual signs are not fully legible at this resolution. No clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. No clear cartouche or royal name is readable. The overall object corresponds in form to a shabti/worker type figure; however, the specific personal name 'Nauny' cannot be confirmed from the visible inscription.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (as catalogued; specific inscription not legible enough to refine) good
Materials faience (glazed, blue)
Signs Incised vertical column of hieroglyphs (exact signs unclear) ×10
Visible text "Vertical incised hieroglyphic text on the torso (individual signs/names not reliably legible in the provided image)."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical incised hieroglyphic text on the torso (individual signs/names not reliably legible in the provided image).

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116444271 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.3.30.29 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 625889 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.