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

Shabti of Djedkhonsuefankh

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Description

Faience

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 small shabti figurine made from blue faience.

The artifact is a shabti figurine, crafted from blue faience, a material commonly used in ancient Egyptian artifacts. The figure appears to be mummiform and stands upright, exhibiting typical features such as crossed arms. The surface displays a glossy finish with wear marks indicating age or use. There are faint inscriptions or markings present.

funerary New Kingdom good
Materials faience
Visible text "unclear"

Connections

Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413717 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1987.73.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544896 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.