Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Canopic jar of Kay
Description
Linen covered with stucco
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A shabti figure with blue wig and crossed arms.
This is a shabti figure featuring a characteristic blue wig and finely modeled crossed arms. The figure is inscribed with a vertical line of hieroglyphs down the front. The craftsmanship is detailed, particularly in the facial features and the form of the wig. The lower section appears weathered, showing signs of age and potential water damage.
funerary
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
woodpigment
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Was
Visible text
"Wsir siA"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247998 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.150.18b.1–.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544328 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.