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Shabti

c. 1292 BC - c. 1189 BC
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Egypt (made)
Gurob (found)

Blue glazed composition shabti, the glaze now discoloured to white. Facial features, decoration and an inscription are painted in black under the glaze. The figure has a black tripartite wig, bracelet and series of six necklaces, and holds a hoe, mattock, and a seed bag strung across the centre of the back. An inscription naming the deceased runs in a vertical band down the front of the figure, bordered on either side by a single line.


Object details

Category
Africa
Object type
Shabti
Materials and techniques
Glazed composition with painted inscription
Brief description
Shabti of Kha-em-waset, blue glazed composition, Gurob, Egypt, New Kingdom, possibly Dynasty Nineteen
Physical description
Blue glazed composition shabti, the glaze now discoloured to white. Facial features, decoration and an inscription are painted in black under the glaze. The figure has a black tripartite wig, bracelet and series of six necklaces, and holds a hoe, mattock, and a seed bag strung across the centre of the back. An inscription naming the deceased runs in a vertical band down the front of the figure, bordered on either side by a single line.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
Styles
Egyptian
New Kingdom
Marks and inscriptions
  • Name of the deceased
    Translation
    The illuminated, the Osiris, Kha-em-Waset.
    Transliteration
    sHD Wsir xa-m-wAs.t
  • Transliteration
    .
Gallery label
Historic display label: Sepulchral figure (ushabti) of Khaemwase Found at Gurob, in the Fayyum Late New Kingdom (about 1000 B.C.) Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund 1309-1904
Credit line
Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Object history
Found at Gurob, 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. 5.12.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1309-1904

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O340525/shabti-unknown/
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