Shabti Box of Yuya
Description
Shabti box, Yuya. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Painted wood. H. 35.5 × W. 13.6 × D. 14 cm (14 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in.). From: Tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV 46), Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis/Quibell & Weigall excavations, 1905. Credit: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915.
The same text in other collections
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(MET-Object 544517).
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- MMA 30.8.60 PNM textBiban el-Muluk
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 box is shown upright, with a vertical panel bearing a standing mummiform figure and a column of hieroglyphic text on the adjacent side.
The object appears to be a rectangular wooden shabti box with hinged or stacked lid elements. One long face is decorated with a painted mummiform/standing figure in profile facing outward, with a black wig/hat-like element, a light skin tone, and a white/cream garment striping. The adjacent long face contains a vertical column of painted hieroglyphs (dark ink over a light ground). The base and edges are visible and show wood joins and minor surface losses, but the overall painted decoration remains legible as hieroglyph blocks rather than damage alone. No clearly readable cartouche or full personal name is confirmed from the image resolution; the text is present but the exact wording cannot be safely transcribed.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413611 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.60a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544517 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83911581 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.