About the Artwork
Shabti
between 1196 and 712 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Clay, painted
Overall: 5 1/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 1/8 inches (13 × 3.5 × 2.9 cm) Including base (mount): 7 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (17.8 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902
1990.326
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed: [Too faded to read.]
Provenance
from cemetary D, Tomb 24 (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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Egyptian, Shabti, between 1196 and 712 BCE, clay, painted. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902, 1990.326.
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