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Shabti of Tetinefer

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Description

Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 17–18, ca. 1570–1525 B.C. Wood. H. 13.9 × W. 2.7 × D. 2.9 cm (5 1/2 × 1 1/16 × 1 1/8 in.). From: Tomb of Tetiky (TT 15), Dra Abu el-Naga, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1907–11. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912.

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 small, weathered wooden Egyptian shabti figure is shown from a single front-facing view, with carved details on the torso and head but no clearly legible inscription.

The image shows a narrow, vertical shabti figure (or shabti-like block/figurine) photographed against a plain gray background. The head and upper body are preserved enough to suggest a seated or standing shabti posture, with darkened carved lines indicating hair and/or a headdress and a raised border or garment lines on the body. The lower portion is damaged, with the figure’s legs/inscription area not clearly readable. Faint, dark pigment or soot-like traces appear in recessed carving. No cartouches or distinct royal names are clearly visible, and no clearly legible hieroglyphic text can be read at this resolution/condition. No visible modern labels, Greek/Coptic/Arabic script, or other inscriptions are apparent in the provided image.

funerary Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom (per catalogue; image does not allow independent verification) fragmentary
Materials wood

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga
Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116433844 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 12.181.243 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559199 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.
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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.