Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Shabti
Description
Granodiorite?
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 carved from stone, depicting a mummiform individual.
This artifact is a shabti figure depicted in mummiform, likely carved from stone. The figure displays a distinct face with eyes, nose, and a slight smile. The arms are crossed over the chest, and there's a smooth finish on the surface, characteristic of funerary art. The simplicity of the design suggests a focus on function and symbolism over elaborate decoration.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243385 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.2.7 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545753 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.