Shawabti

E22A

From: Egypt | Nebesheh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E22A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Nebesheh
Period Third Intermediate Period | Twenty-Second Dynasty
Date Made 945 - 712 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Faience
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Turquoise-green faience shabti belonging to the man Nesbastet. The shabti has a tripartite wig, modeled ears and hands which hold painted adzes. No beard. Four columns of text painted in black on the legs, which are illegible in parts. The central column gives the owner's names and titles as "The Osiris, God's Father [////], Scribe of the Treasury (?) ns-bAst.t." Painted basket on the back.

Height 12.8 cm
Width 4 cm
Depth 3.4 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1890
Other Number ES 22a - Original Number

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