About the Artwork
Shabti
between 1307 and 1196 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Faience, blue glaze, and black pigment
Overall: 6 7/8 × 2 7/8 × 1 3/4 inches (17.5 × 7.3 × 4.4 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Mrs. William S. Conant
21.4.1
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in black paint, hieroglyphics of deceased's name, diacritical marks omitted: [translated: Ns-'nh-f-n-t3, priest of Amun]
Provenance
1900, excavated from Cemetery D, Tomb 11 (Abydos, Egypt) by Egypt Exploration Fund
by November 16, 1913, George R. Wendling, Honorary Secretary of the EEF for Virginia
by descent to his daughter, Mrs. William S. Conant
1921-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Randall-Maciver & Mace. pl. LIX, no. 87, tomb 11.
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Egyptian, Shabti, between 1307 and 1196 BCE, faience, blue glaze, and black pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. William S. Conant, 21.4.1.
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