Dirk Beckers

Shabti KI Engine (SKE) — A Domain-Specialised AI System for the Scholarly Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Shabtis

The Shabti KI Engine (SKE) is a domain-specialised artificial-intelligence system for the scholarly analysis of ancient Egyptian shabtis, developed at the private research collection Sammlung Beckers (Aachen). SKE combines a fine-tuned vision-language model (`qwen3-vl-shabti:32b`...

Shabti KI Engine (SKE) — A Domain-Specialised AI System for the Scholarly Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Shabtis

The Shabti KI Engine (SKE) is a domain-specialised artificial-intelligence system for the scholarly analysis of ancient Egyptian shabtis, developed at the private research collection Sammlung Beckers (Aachen). SKE combines a fine-tuned vision-language model (`qwen3-vl-shabti:32b`...

Beckers Collection (Aachen) - The Stick Shabti UB-016 - Object, Inscription, Condition

This publication presents an object-based study of a wooden stick shabti of the late Seventeenth to early Eighteenth Dynasty, published by Paul Whelan (2007, pp. 131-132) and now in the Beckers Collection, Aachen. The study combines autopsy of the object with the published record...

Beckers Collection (Aachen) - The Stick Shabti UB-016 - Object, Inscription, Condition

This publication presents an object-based study of a wooden stick shabti of the late Seventeenth to early Eighteenth Dynasty, published by Paul Whelan (2007, pp. 131-132) and now in the Beckers Collection, Aachen. The study combines autopsy of the object with the published record...

Beckers Collection (Aachen) - Ushabti UB-016: Stick Shabti with Hieratic Inscription (Second Intermediate Period - early 18th Dynasty)

Wooden stick shabti UB-016 — Object documentation, Beckers Collection (Aachen) Mummiform stick shabti of wood, a characteristic early ushabti form, roughly carved from an elongated piece of wood: wedge-shaped face beneath the fringe of a single-lappet wig, eyes, nose and mouth or...

Beckers Collection (Aachen) - Ushabti UB-014: Ushabti of Hori I (Tell Basta)

Faience ushabti of the Viceroy of Kush Hori I (UB-014) — Object documentation, Beckers Collection (Aachen) Small mummiform faience ushabti with whitish glaze and dark brown to purplish-brown painted details, produced for Hori I, Viceroy of Kush under Ramesses III and IV (20th Dyn...

Beckers Collection (Aachen) - The Shabti of the Viceroy of Kush Hori I - Object Biography and Provenance Study of UB-014

This publication presents a comprehensive object-based study of a shabti of the Viceroy of Kush, Hori I, originating from Tell Basta (Bubastis). The object is part of a dispersed group of approximately 30 known shabtis associated with this high-ranking official of the Ramesside p...

Shabti KI Engine (SKE) — A Domain-Specialised AI System for the Scholarly Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Shabtis

Version note (v1.1): administrative version step; files identical to v1.0, no content change. The additions announced for v1.1 are published in v1.2 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22083286). The Shabti KI Engine (SKE) is a domain-specialised artificial-intelligence system for the scholarly...