Shabti, between 1070 and 712 BCE

  • 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)

Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902

1990.324

Inscribed: B3k-n-hns-w [translated: Bak en Khonsu, Divine father of Amun] (diacritical marks omitted; hieroglyphics for deceased's name, painted in black).

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)

Randall-Maciver & Mace. p. 98, tomb 14 E, pl. LVIII, no. 44. Ranke, I, 91, 13. [as "b3k.n.hns.w" (diacritical marks omitted)]

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.