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Shabti

380 BC - 343 BC (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Egypt (made)
Abydos (found)

Blue-green glazed composition shabti, with moulded facial features and details. The figure is mummiform or Osiriform, with a false beard, tripartite wig, and arms crossed over the chest holding a hoe and mattock. The figure is heavily broken.


Object details

Categories
Glass
Africa
Object type
Shabti
Materials and techniques
Glazed composition
Brief description
Shabti of Hapimen, blue glazed composition, Abydos, Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty Thirty
Physical description
Blue-green glazed composition shabti, with moulded facial features and details. The figure is mummiform or Osiriform, with a false beard, tripartite wig, and arms crossed over the chest holding a hoe and mattock. The figure is heavily broken.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7cm
  • Width: 3cm
Styles
Egyptian
Late Period
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Gallery label
Figure , Moulded blue glazed composition Egypt, XXXth Dynasty (c. 300 B.C) Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund (769 &A to C-1902) Found in a box in tomb no.61 (cemetary G) at Abydos during 1901-02 excavations .(18/06/2009)
Credit line
Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund
Object history
Found at Cemetery G, tomb 61, Abydos, 1901-02 excavation season.
Associated object
769C-1902
Bibliographic reference
W.M.F. Petrie, Abydos I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902): 39.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
769B-1902

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Record createdJune 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O250379/shabti-unknown/
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