Shabti of Amenhotep III
Description
Ebony; eyes inlaid with blue, white, black glass; inscription filled with pigment
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 wooden statue of an ancient Egyptian deity with inscriptions on the lower body.
The image depicts a wooden statue of an ancient Egyptian figure, likely representing a deity. The figure stands upright with arms bent at the elbows, holding an indistinct object in its hands. The surface shows considerable signs of age and wear, especially on the upper body, while the lower part is inscribed with vertical rows of hieroglyphs. The statue features a flat headdress and detailed eyes, possibly indicating divine attributes. The overall form and styling suggest it might be from a later period, with dark coloration and contrasted details.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413602 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.2.10 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544492 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.