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Shawabty box and shawabties of Nesmutaatneru
Egyptian
Late Period, Dynasty 25
760–660 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, Temple of Hatshepsut, TG 875
Medium/Technique
Painted wood and mud
Dimensions
Length x width: 26 x 13 cm (10 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number95.1408
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Shawabties and shawabty boxes
DescriptionCollection of small mud shawabties that are uninscribed and crudely carved. They were stored in a wooden box with rounded ends and a lid painted with a representation of a funerary bark. A horizontal hieroglyphic inscription in blue runs along all four sides.
ProvenanceFrom Thebes, Deir el-Bahari, temple of Hatshepsut. 1895: excavated by Edouard Naville for the Egypt Exploration Fund; 1895: given to the MFA by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1895)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1895)