Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Shabti of Wedjahor, born of Shedet

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Description

Late Period, Dynasty 30, 380–332 B.C. Faience. H. 22 × W. 6.7 × D. 4.8 cm (8 11/16 × 2 5/8 × 1 7/8 in.). From: Tomb of Wedjahor, Hawara, Fayum, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie excavations 1888-1889. Credit: Gift of Amelia B. Edwards, 1890.

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 standing Egyptian shabti figure shown front-facing, with a mummiform/Osiride-style face and a long vertical inscription running down the torso.

The artifact depicts a small human figure standing with arms positioned forward and hands holding or resting over an attribute. The head is modeled with a wig or headcloth and a straight, symmetrical face. A column of hieroglyphs is visible on the lower torso/legs, running vertically, with several lines of dark-painted or incised symbols. No clearly legible cartouche or royal titulary is visible at this resolution. The surface appears light-colored with darker markings that read as inked/etched hieroglyphic text. The object is photographed against a dark background and rests on a small base; no other inscriptions (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible.

funerary Late Period (per catalogue ground truth) poor
Materials faience (surface appearance consistent, though exact verification limited by image resolution)
Signs hieroglyphic text (multiple signs; exact words not fully legible) ×30

Connections

Deities Neith

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116387518 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 90.7 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 550768 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.