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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.9.1 × W. 3.2 × D.2.2 cm (3 9/16 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 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. Subject: Hieroglyphs. 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 glazed faience shabti (mummiform figurine) shown from a front view, with incised hieroglyphs on the torso.

The image shows a small mummiform shabti/ushabti with a rounded head and stylized facial features. The body is vertically oriented and covered with dark-blue to black painted/incised details, especially on the lower torso. Incised hieroglyphic signs are visible in two areas: one cluster across the mid-lower torso and a larger vertical register near the lower front. No clear cartouche is legible from the photograph. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The surface appears to be a blue glazed ceramic (faience) with mottling and wear, particularly on the head and along edges.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue); exact attribution from image unclear good
Materials faience (blue glaze)
Signs incised hieroglyphic signs (exact reading unclear) ×8
Visible text "Multiple vertical/incised hieroglyphic signs on the front torso; individual signs are not clearly readable at this resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Multiple vertical/incised hieroglyphic signs on the front torso; individual signs are not clearly readable at this resolution.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116444116 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.3.27.36 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 625790 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.