Ushabti
Description
Caption: Ushabti, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.. Faience, 4 1/2 x 1 13/16 in. (11.5 x 4.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.372. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 shabti figure typically used in burial practices.
The image shows a shabti, a small funerary figurine crafted to serve the deceased in the afterlife. The figure is depicted mummiform, holding agricultural tools possibly, characteristic of Middle to New Kingdom shabtis. It appears to be made of faience or a similar material, with some painted inscriptions down the front.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.372 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9625 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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