
Overseer Shabti of Tjenet-ipet
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 blue faience shabti/ushabti figure shown seated upright on a plain background, with a painted/etched facial area and a vertical line of incised inscription on the torso.
The object is a small, turquoise-blue faience figurine with a simplified human form. The head is shown frontally with a stylized beard and wig/headdress. The arms are positioned down along the sides and the torso shows a broad, incised/painted indication of clothing or a belt area across the upper abdomen. A prominent vertical set of signs (likely an inscribed text) runs down the center of the figure’s chest/torso; individual sign details are present but not fully legible from the image resolution. No clearly identifiable cartouches of royal names are visible. The back is not shown; the figure appears relatively complete but has areas of surface wear and loss, including chipped edges at the feet and along the lower body. No modern text, nor Greek/Coptic/Arabic script, is visible in the provided image.
Inscriptions (1)
English description
Cross-references (1)
- ARTIC-id 136636 tier-2
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About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
- 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.



