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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. 8.4 × W. 3.2 × D. 1.9 cm (3 5/16 × 1 1/4 × 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

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 blue faience Egyptian shabti (mummiform figure) shown front-on, with a tightly incised band of hieroglyphs on the lower body.

The object is a compact mummiform shabti figure with a rounded head and molded facial features, rendered in blue glazed faience. The body is tapered downward, and the front face includes a darkened/ink-like linear arrangement interpreted as hieroglyphic signs running along the mid-to-lower torso. No clear cartouche or royal name is visible in the provided view. The figure’s arms appear molded along the sides, and the head and torso are the most visible areas; the base is narrow and rounded. Overall surface shows wear consistent with an ancient glazed ceramic artifact, though the exact depth/legibility of the signs is limited by image resolution.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (catalogue ground truth; image not sufficient to independently refine) good
Materials faience (blue glaze)
Signs Group of incised hieroglyphic signs (partially legible), likely a shabti inscription; exact reading unclear ×10
Visible text "Partially legible hieroglyphic signs on lower torso; exact transliteration unclear from image resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Partially legible hieroglyphic signs on lower torso; exact transliteration unclear from image resolution.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116444345 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.3.28.27 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 625931 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.