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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. 8.8 × W. 3.4 × D. 2.1 cm (3 7/16 × 1 5/16 × 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.

A small blue faience Egyptian shabti figurine shown front-on, with a human-shaped body and painted/etched hieroglyphic text on the front.

The object is a compact, standing human-shaped figurine (shabti/ushabti type) with a rounded head and simplified facial features. A vertical inscription band of black hieroglyphs is visible on the front of the figure from near the upper torso down toward the lower body; individual signs are clearly drawn but are not fully legible at this resolution. No clearly discernible cartouche, royal name, or throne/royal insignia is visible. The surface is predominantly light blue with darker blue and black marks; the material appears consistent with faience as catalogued. No other scripts (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible, and there are no clearly identifiable deities on the visible face. The overall craftsmanship and inscription placement are consistent with a worker/answerer shabti, but the specific name 'Nauny' cannot be confirmed from the image provided.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; image cannot independently confirm) good
Materials faience (glazed ceramic)
Signs hieroglyphic signs in vertical inscription (unreadable in full) ×6
Visible text "Vertical black hieroglyphic inscription on the front; exact reading unclear/unable to reliably transcribe."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical black hieroglyphic inscription on the front; exact reading unclear/unable to reliably transcribe.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116444382 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.3.28.56 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 625960 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.