Shabti of Psamtek

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 gold-colored Egyptian shabti figure (mummiform/standing with a plinth-like base) shown frontally against a gray background, with carved facial features and a long inscription across the torso and legs.

The object appears as a standing shabti (ushabti) with a simplified mummiform shape: a wig-like headdress and a stylized face with incised eyes and mouth. The arms are held across the chest, and the lower legs are covered by a belt/garment rendered in raised outlines. Across the torso and down the body is a dense band of hieroglyphic text carved in registers (rows of signs), though most individual signs are too small/unclear to transcribe reliably from the image resolution. The bottom ends in a flat base/plinth. No modern labels or non-Egyptian scripts are visible. The overall surface is reflective and yellowish, consistent with faience or a faience-like glaze; however, only the visible material appearance can be stated without certainty.