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Shabti of Yuya

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Description

Shabti, Yuya. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Cedar, gold, paint. H. 26.5 × W. 8 × D. 5 cm (10 7/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 15/16 in.). From: Tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV 46), Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis/Quibell & Weigall excavations, 1905. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 544515). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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 painted wooden shabti (mummiform/standing figure) shown frontally with a wig and painted face, holding offerings in raised hands and inscribed on the lower body with hieroglyphic text.

The object is a single standing shabti figure photographed against a neutral background. The figure wears a straight tripartite wig with a striped headdress across the top of the head. The painted face has defined eyes and a calm expression; the arms are bent upward with hands held at chest level. On the torso and especially the lower body there is dense hieroglyphic-style inscription arranged in multiple horizontal lines, with additional decorative bands near the lower end of the arms and around the waist/thigh area. There is no clearly legible cartouche visible at this resolution; the inscriptions appear to be text rather than a single royal name. A small rectangular wooden base is visible beneath the figure.

funerary New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth); specific reign unclear from the image. good
Materials wooden core/body (cedar suggested by catalogue but not directly verifiable from image)painted surfacegold-like/yellow pigment highlights on face/wig (exact material not confirmable)
Signs Multiple hieroglyphic signs in horizontal rows (mummiform shabti text); individual signs not clearly legible at this resolution ×30

Connections

Found at Valley of the Kings
Materials Painted Surface

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413608 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.56 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544515 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83911582 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.