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Shawabty
Egyptian
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21
1070–945 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Blue faience with black painted details
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number56.1270
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Shawabties and shawabty boxes
DescriptionThe shawabty is mummiform, arms crossed right over left, holding a hoe in each hand, and wedge-formed feet. Inscribed in front for "the iluminated one, the Osiris, the lady of the house Bak...."
ProvenanceLuigi Vassalli Collection (d. 1887); Horace L. Mayer Collection, by 1956; gift of Horace L. Mayer, 1956.