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Overseer shawabty
Egyptian
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21
1070–945 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number56.1283
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Shawabties and shawabty boxes
DescriptionOverseer with short wig and whip, one arm down.
ProvenanceFrom Thebes; Luigi Vassalli Collection (d. 1887); Horace L. Mayer Collection, by 1956; gift of Horace L. Mayer, 1956.