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Shabti of the High Priest of Amun, Painedjem II

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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

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.

Blue faience shabti figure shown standing front-facing with arms crossed on the chest and a wig with a face painted/etched in dark lines.

The image depicts a small, standing funerary shabti/ushabti figure in bright blue glaze (faience). The figure has a stylized human face, a tripartite wig, and both arms folded across the torso. The body is wrapped in dense bands of incised-painted hieroglyphic-like decoration, including rectangular/sign-like rows around the legs and torso; additional sign clusters appear near the upper torso and the front of the shabti. The back/any reverse details are not visible beyond the front view. No clear cartouche or royal titulary is legible at this resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible. The overall condition appears good with some surface wear and small losses at the glaze edges, especially on the feet and lower body.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; specific attribution not readable on image) good
Deities Amun (inferred from catalogue subject; not explicitly readable in image)
Royals Painedjem II (inferred from catalogue subject; not explicitly readable in image)
Materials blue faience glazeincised pigment/paint in dark lines
Signs Unidentified incised hieroglyphic signs/dense inscription bands (exact signs not legible) ×30
Visible text "Inscription present as dense incised/painted hieroglyph-like bands, but no specific word/carto u che is legible in the provided image."

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

Found at Valleys South Of Deir El-Bahri
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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  • 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.