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
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
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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