Shabti

E17923.6

From: Egypt | Nubia | Aniba

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E17923.6
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Nubia | Aniba
Period Nineteenth Dynasty
Section Egyptian
Materials Faience
Inscription Language Egyptian Language
Description

Blue-green faience shabti with illegible inscription. Shabti wears a tripartite wig, with clearly modeled ears. Hands are modeled, and hold painted adzes. The faded column of text running down the shabti's legs still retains the title "The Osiris, ///." There is a faint rectangular painted basket on the shabti's back, possibly with vertical line internal decoration.

Height 11.2 cm
Width 3.23 cm
Depth 2.46 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Karanog, Shablul; David Randall-MacIver, 1907

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