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Shabti of Yuya

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Description

Shabti, Yuya. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Cedar, ink. H. 23.5 × W. 7.2 × D. 4.9 cm (9 1/4 × 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 in.). From: Tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV 46), Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis/Quibell & Weigall excavations, 1905. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 548341). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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.

A carved wooden shabti figure stands upright, with a mummiform face and a painted/inked register of hieroglyphs on the torso.

The image shows a single standing shabti (ushabti) figure carved from light-colored wood. The head has a smooth, shaved or closely cropped appearance with painted facial features; the body is mummiform with stylized arms folded across the chest. The lower torso and legs are covered by dense hieroglyphic text or decoration painted in dark pigment (ink-like), arranged in horizontal bands/registers. A small painted detail near the upper torso suggests a pair of arms or binding lines. No clear cartouche naming a specific royal person is legible at this resolution. The background is plain and studio-lit, emphasizing the painted inscriptions on the front of the figure. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued) good
Materials wood (cedar as catalogued)dark pigment/ink paint
Signs hieroglyphic bands/registers (individual signs not clearly legible) ×50
Visible text "Dense dark-painted hieroglyphic text in horizontal bands; specific sign-by-sign reading not clearly legible in the provided image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Dense dark-painted hieroglyphic text in horizontal bands; specific sign-by-sign reading not clearly legible in the provided image.

Connections

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116234923 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.58 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548341 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83911584 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.