Shabti

E11098O

From: Egypt | Nubia | Aniba

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E11098O
Current Location On Loan
Provenience Egypt | Nubia | Aniba
Locus an14
Period New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty | Twentieth Dynasty
Date Made 1279 - 1213 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Faience
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

White faience shabti with red face and hands. Hieroglyphs and details in brown. Funerary figurine of a female singer named Nubemweskhet. The hieroglyphs on the front record the name and title of the deceased. The text along the back and sides is a magical spell to activate the figurine to perform work in the afterlife for the deceased.

Length 14.7 cm
Width 6.2 cm
Depth 3.2 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, Aniba; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1911

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