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

Shabti of Sennedjem

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Description

Limestone, 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 painted shabti figurine with inscriptions.

The artifact is a small, detailed shabti figure, often used in funerary contexts. It depicts a human figure with a painted wig and attire, holding detailed items in its hands. The body is inscribed with multiple lines of hieroglyphs, characteristic of texts meant to accompany the deceased in the afterlife. The style suggests a focus on detailed craftsmanship, with vibrant colors and intricate hieroglyphic script.

funerary New Kingdom excellent
Materials faiencepaint
Signs ankh ×2 djed was
Visible text "Wsir n kht nt Ra"

Connections

Found at Deir el-Medina
Materials FaiencePaint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247520 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 86.1.22 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544700 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.
  • 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.