Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Shabti of Seti I
Description
Faience, 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 blue faience shabti with hieroglyphs inscribed on its lower half.
The artifact is a blue faience shabti sculpted in the likeness of a pharaoh, wearing the traditional nemes headdress and a false beard. The figurine displays detailed linear hieroglyphic inscriptions on its lower portion, indicative of its funerary purpose to serve the deceased in the afterlife. The craftsmanship showcases the artistic skills and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt, particularly noticeable in the nuanced detailing of the face and hands, which are crossed over the chest.
funerary
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Signs
Djed column ×3
Ankh ×2
Was sceptre
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413659 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.919 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544763 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.