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Shabti

380 BC - 343 BC (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Blue-green glazed composition shabti, mounted on a display board. The figure is mummiform or Osiriform, with a tripartite wig, false beard, and hands crossed over the chest holding a hoe and mattock.



Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed composition
Brief description
Shabti of Hapimen, blue-green glazed composition, Abydos, Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty Thirty
Physical description
Blue-green glazed composition shabti, mounted on a display board. The figure is mummiform or Osiriform, with a tripartite wig, false beard, and hands crossed over the chest holding a hoe and mattock.

Dimensions
  • Height: 5cm
  • Width: 1.5cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund
Object history
Found at Cemetery G, tomb 61, Abydos, 1901-02 excavation season.

This shabti is one of a group of 21 from the same tomb. Seventeen are mounted on the same board; the remaining four, in a blue glaze, are separate.
Bibliographic reference
W.M.F. Petrie, Abydos I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902): 39.
Collection
Accession number
769R-1902

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Record createdJune 21, 2018
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