About the Artwork
Shabti
between 1070 and 712 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Faience with light green-yellow glaze and black paint
Overall (top piece): 4 1/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/2 inches (10.5 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm) Overall (bottom piece): 2 1/4 × 1 × 1 1/8 inches (5.7 × 2.5 × 2.9 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902
1990.324
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed: B3k-n-hns-w [translated: Bak en Khonsu, Divine father of Amun] (diacritical marks omitted; hieroglyphics for deceased's name, painted in black).
Provenance
cemetary D, Tomb 14E (Abydos, Egypt)
1900-1902, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Randall-Maciver & Mace. p. 98, tomb 14 E, pl. LVIII, no. 44.
Ranke, I, 91, 13. [as "b3k.n.hns.w" (diacritical marks omitted)]
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Egyptian, Shabti, between 1070 and 712 BCE, faience with light green-yellow glaze and black paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902, 1990.324.
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