Shabti
c. 1069 BC - 945 BC (made)
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Dark blue so-called 'glassy faience' shabti. The figure is mummiform or Osiriform, with a tripartite wig, and hands crossed over the chest holding a hoe and mattock, with a seed bag slung over the left shoulder. Facial details and the striations of the wig are painted in black under the glaze. An imprssed nscription infilled in black, listing the name and title of the deceased and bordered in black by a single line either side, runs in a vertical column down the centre of the figure.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed composition with painted inscription |
| Brief description | Shabti, blue glazed composition with impressed and painted inscription, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, possibly Dynasty Twenty-one |
| Physical description | Dark blue so-called 'glassy faience' shabti. The figure is mummiform or Osiriform, with a tripartite wig, and hands crossed over the chest holding a hoe and mattock, with a seed bag slung over the left shoulder. Facial details and the striations of the wig are painted in black under the glaze. An imprssed nscription infilled in black, listing the name and title of the deceased and bordered in black by a single line either side, runs in a vertical column down the centre of the figure. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from the Bandinel Collection |
| Object history | Formerly Bandinel collection |
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| Accession number | 3769-1853 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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