Overseer Shabti of Psusennes I
Description
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, reign of Psusennes I, ca. 1040–992 B.C. Bronze or copper alloy. H. 7 × W. 2.4 × D. 1.7 cm (2 3/4 × 15/16 × 11/16 in.). From: Royal Tombs, NRT III (Psusennes I), Tanis (San el-Hagar), Eastern Delta, Egypt. Excavation: Montet excavations. Credit: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and The Guide Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966.
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.
Small mummiform shabti-like figure shown frontally, standing with hands crossed at the chest and a rounded head covered by a hood.
The image shows a single small bronze/copper-alloy object in a studio setting against a plain light gray background. The figure is mummiform with a bald/hooded head and a long, tapering body. Both arms are brought together across the chest. The surface is dark greenish-brown with areas of corrosion/patina, consistent with a metal object. Incised or relief details are present on the torso but are too unclear in the provided resolution/lighting to reliably read specific hieroglyphs or spell text. No visible cartouches or clearly legible royal titulary can be confidently identified from this image. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No obvious deities are distinctly identifiable beyond the generic funerary/mummiform shabti iconography.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235164 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.172 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 553734 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.