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Shabti

c. 1550 BC - c. 1077 BC (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Moulded red earthenware shabti, covered in a white slip. The figure has a tripartite wig painted in blue; facial features, two necklaces and an inscription naming the deceased running down the centre-front of the figure are painted in black on top of a yellow ground. The middle necklace, mouth and vertical lines bordering the inscription are painted in red.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Red earthenware with white slip, painted
Brief description
Shabti of Ptahy, red earthenware, Gurob, Egypt, New Kingdom
Physical description
Moulded red earthenware shabti, covered in a white slip. The figure has a tripartite wig painted in blue; facial features, two necklaces and an inscription naming the deceased running down the centre-front of the figure are painted in black on top of a yellow ground. The middle necklace, mouth and vertical lines bordering the inscription are painted in red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5cm
  • Width: 4cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
  • Name of the deceased
    Translation
    The illuminated, the Osiris, Ptahy, justified.
    Transliteration
    sHD Wsir PtH-y mAa-xrw
  • Transliteration
    .
Credit line
Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Object history
Found at Gurob, tomb 63, 1903-4 excavation season.
Bibliographic reference
L. Loat, Gurob, British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account 10 (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1905): 7, Pl. 5.1.
Collection
Accession number
1307-1904

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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