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

Canopic jar of Kay

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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"

Connections

Found at Meir
Materials WoodPigment

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)
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.