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Gold leaf from shabti of Neferseneb

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Description

Gold fragments (from shabti) (check name). Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, late–13, ca. 1850–1640 B.C. Gold leaf. Frame: H. 5.4 × W. 9.7 × Th. 1 cm (2 1/8 × 3 13/16 × 3/8 in.). From: Tomb of Nakht (493), south cemetery, Pit 456-457, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image shows irregular fragments of very thin gold-colored material mounted against a light background in a display tray.

A small group of gold-colored sheets/leaf fragments fill much of the left and central area of a transparent-front mount. The pieces have hammered/embossed or burnished surfaces with repeated linear impressions, suggesting worked metal leaf rather than cast ornament. A few smaller fragments appear on the right side. No clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible at this resolution; the surface decoration appears to be structural/texture from the leaf itself. There are no identifiable figures of deities or royal names. The object is consistent visually with gold leaf detached from a larger decorated surface.

decorative Middle Kingdom (as catalogued); specific date cannot be confirmed from the image alone. fragmentary
Materials gold leaf

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Gold Leaf

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116414772 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.3.153 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546647 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.