Ushabti of Si-Eset

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 painted wooden ushabti figure shown standing upright, with a tightly wrapped mummy-like headcloth and incised/painted hieroglyphic inscription on the torso.

The object depicts a standing human figure (ushabti-style) with arms held across the chest and a broad, stylized face. The head and upper body are covered by a light-colored headcloth that drapes down over the shoulders and around the neck area. The body is painted and weathered; incised rectangular lines of hieroglyphic text run across the torso in horizontal bands, with additional smaller marks and symbols lower on the figure. The lower legs and base are visible; the figure sits on a separate rectangular dark-brown wooden plinth. No clear royal cartouche is identifiable in the visible inscription, and the deity or owner name cannot be confidently read from the image resolution. The overall appearance is consistent with a painted, inscribed ushabti. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible. The catalogue states “wood with blue and black paint”; while the figure is largely light-toned, faint dark elements (and possibly blue in the painted areas) cannot be confirmed precisely from this image, so material color details beyond wood are treated as unclear.