Fragment
c. 1550 BC - c. 1077 BC (made)
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In the New Kingdom, shabtis were sometimes provided with their own miniature coffins, in imitation of human sarcophagi. The designs painted on such coffins also emulate contemporary sarcophagi.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed composition, painted |
| Brief description | Fragment of a shabti coffin, blue glazed composition, Egypt, New Kingdom |
| Physical description | Fragment from the chest portion of a blue glazed composition shabti coffin. The fragment is painted in black under the glaze, with an image of Nut, the goddess of the sky, seated with wings outstretched and with arms holding a pair of ankh symbols. Under this figure are the remains of the beginning of a funerary inscription in a vetical column. |
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| Object history | From the same shabti coffin as 2255-1900. |
| Summary | In the New Kingdom, shabtis were sometimes provided with their own miniature coffins, in imitation of human sarcophagi. The designs painted on such coffins also emulate contemporary sarcophagi. |
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| Accession number | 2256-1900 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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