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Shabti inscribed for Nesbanebdjedet Late PeriodMendes (Tell el-Ruba)
Description
Shabti of Nesbanebdjedet. Late Period, Dynasty 30, ca. 380–343 B.C. Faience. H. 17.3 × W. 5 × D. 3.7 cm (6 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 7/16 in.). Presumably from: Burial of Nesbanebdjed, Mendes (Tell el-Ruba), Eastern Delta. Excavation: Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations/Aly Habib 1902. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Incised hieroglyphic text visible vertically on the body (exact transliteration unclear from the image).
Connections
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Mendes
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