Shabti, between 380 and 343 BCE

  • Egyptian

Faience, with light blue glaze

  • Overall: 3 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 inches (9.8 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm) Including base: 4 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/2 inches (12.4 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm)

Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902

1990.314

from cemetery G, tomb 50, west chamber (Abydos, Egypt)

1900-1902, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund

1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Petrie, Abydos I, pp. 37-39, pl. LXXIX & LXXX. Petrie, Shabtis, pl. XXII - no. 643-644, 649, pl. XLV - no. 644 & 649. Aubert, pp. 265-266, 282. Ranke, I, 123, I- P3-di-wsir (diacritical marks omitted).

Egyptian, Shabti, between 380 and 343 BCE, faience, with light blue glaze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902, 1990.314.