WALTERS-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Ushabti
Description
<p>This figure has long hair painted black. The eyes are also black. In the right hand is a hoe, and in the left is a mattock. Behind each shoulder is a sack. The inscription claims the piece is made for "the scribe, Nwfy." Then follows the regular ushabti formula.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.181' rel='external'>Ushabti</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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 standing Egyptian ushabti/answer-statue with painted black/red details, shown front-facing with hands held over its belly and a hieroglyphic columned inscription on the torso.
The artifact is photographed standing upright against a dark background. It has a mummiform body with a wig/head covering and a stylized face. The figure’s hands are brought together or held forward at the lower chest/belly region. Two legs are indicated with a minimal profile and a belt or sash is suggested around the waist. Across the midsection down to the legs is a dense arrangement of incised hieroglyphs/short signs in multiple horizontal registers. Some areas show traces of black paint and red paint, most visible along facial/eyeline areas and in parts of the inscription and clothing-like areas. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible. No clearly legible royal cartouche is apparent from the image resolution; the inscriptions appear general and not confidently attributable to a specific king.
funerary
unclear (likely Late Period to early Ptolemaic based on ushabti form; not confidently determinable from image alone)
poor
Materials
gray stoneblack paintred paint
Signs
incised hieroglyphic signs arranged in horizontal registers (exact signs not legible enough to identify precisely) ×50
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] the scribe, Nwfy...
Connections
Materials
Red PaintBlack PaintGray Stone
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.181 tier-2
- Walters-id 158 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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