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

Shabti of Nebneheh

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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.

Blue faience shabti figure with faint inscriptions on the body.

The artifact is a small blue faience shabti figure, depicting a mummiform shape with stylized facial features and crossed arms. It has a glossy surface, characteristic of faience, and faint hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible along the front of the body. The craftsmanship is indicative of funerary objects, used to serve the deceased in the afterlife.

funerary New Kingdom good
Materials faience
Signs scarab beetle

Connections

Materials Faience
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