Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Shabti of Yuya
Description
Cedar, gold, paint
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 figurine displaying hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a shabti or ushabti figurine, a type of funerary figurine used in Ancient Egypt. It is intricately decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions across its body. The shabti is depicted with arms crossed over the chest and holds unidentified objects. The figure has a detailed headdress, likely depicting traditional Egyptian motifs. The craftsmanship suggests attention to detail typical of funerary artifacts. Coloring indicates traditional pigmentation used in the period.
funerary
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faiencewood
Signs
anx (ankh) ×2
djed
scarab
nb (lord)
Visible text
"Transliteration and specific excerpt of inscriptions are unclear."
Cross-references (4)
- 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)
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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.