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Shabti of the High Priest of Amun, Painedjem II Third Intermediate Period

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Description

Shabti, Painedjem II. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, pontificate of Painedjem II, ca. 988–966 B.C. Faience. H. 17 × W. 5.1 × D. 4.2 cm (6 11/16 × 2 × 1 5/8 in.). Probably from: First Royal Cache (TT 320), Valleys south of Deir el-Bahri, Valley of the Cachette, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Excavation: Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1881. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Inscription present as dense incised/painted hieroglyph-like bands, but no specific word/carto u che is legible in the provided image.

Connections

Deities Amun
Materials Blue Faience Glaze

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245984 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.1055b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 553271 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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