Shawabti

E6647

From: Egypt | Abydos

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

View All (11) Object Images

Object Number E6647
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Abydos
Locus Tomb V27
Period New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1292 - 1190 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Terracotta
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Red ware, painted. Traces of white on body; face, wings, and panel for inscription yellow; wig, brows, eyes and traces of illegible inscription black; hoe and adze [?] red. The curious wings on this shawabti may have some connection with the Ba bird.

Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900
Other Number AES1437 - AES

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.