Shabti

E17919.1

From: Egypt | Nubia | Aniba

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E17919.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Nubia | Aniba
Period Nineteenth Dynasty
Section Egyptian
Materials Faience
Inscription Language Egyptian Language
Description

White faience shabti with an anonymous inscription. Shabti wears a tripartite wig, with no indication of modeled ears. Four painted lines at the throat represent a wesekh collar. Hands are modeled, and hold painted adzes. A column of text runs down the front of the shabti's legs, reading "The illuminated one, the Osiris." The lower portion of the text was left blank. On the back is a painted triangular basket with no internal decoration.

Height 10.93 cm
Width 3.19 cm
Depth 2.24 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Karanog, Shablul; David Randall-MacIver, 1907

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