Shabti
380 BC - 343 BC (made)
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Accession number | 769R-1902 |
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Record created | June 21, 2018 |
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