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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. 8.9 × 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

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 figurine) shown front-on, with painted/drawn black inscriptions on the front face.

The image depicts a small, mummiform Egyptian shabti figure with a rounded head and a human torso. The surface is predominantly blue, consistent with faience, with dark (black) detailing for the facial features and a block of vertical hieroglyphs/inscription on the front of the body. The lower portion tapers slightly toward the feet. No visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is present. No clear royal cartouche is identifiable; the legible text appears to be shabti offering/identity wording rather than a king’s name. The overall workmanship and iconography align with a burial employment figurine (shabti).

funerary Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue) good
Materials faience (blue glaze)
Signs Vertical inscription block (shabti text; specific signs unclear) ×15
Visible text "Black vertical hieroglyphic lines on the front are visible but too unclear to transcribe reliably from this image."

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)
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.