Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Worker Shabti of Nauny Third Intermediate PeriodDeir el-Bahri

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Description

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, reign of Psusennes I, ca. 1050 B.C. Faience. H. 8.9 × W. 3.4 × D.1.9 cm (3 1/2 × 1 5/16 × 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. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1930.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Black vertical hieroglyphic lines on the front are visible but too unclear to transcribe reliably from this image.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116444152 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.3.27.49 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 625803 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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