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Shabti Box of Nauny

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Description

Shabti box, Nauny. Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, reign of Psusennes I, ca. 1050 B.C. Sycomore, stucco, paint. L. 23 × W. 23 × H. 20 cm (9 1/16 × 9 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.). From: Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358, MMA 65), burial of Nauny, first corridor, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1928–29. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1930.

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 rectangular, stucco-covered wooden shabti box fragment with the outer surface largely plain and only traces of reddish paint.

The image shows a box-like object in three-quarter view, with a rectangular lid edge and a hollow or recessed interior implied by the open profile. The surface is off-white/cream, consistent with a stucco coating. Along one side and near the lower edge there are small, scattered traces of reddish-brown paint. The piece is broken or worn along the top and right edges, and no clearly legible painted hieroglyphs, names, or iconography are visible at this resolution. No stone, metal, or glass elements are apparent; the visible material appears to be a plaster/stucco skin over a wood substrate. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible, and no complete hieroglyphic inscription can be confidently identified.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; image does not permit a secure independent dating) fragmentary
Materials stucco (painted surface)traces of paint (reddish-brown)unknown underlying core material (likely wood; not directly visible)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Stucco

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116435836 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.3.28.1a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559953 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.