Artist Egyptian
Title
  • Shabti
Date no date
Medium faience with green glaze
Dimensions Overall (shabti): 4 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 3/4 inches (11.1 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm)
Mount (base): 3/4 × 2 × 7/8 inches (1.9 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm)
Including base: 5 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 7/8 inches (13.3 × 6.4 × 2.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Frederick Stearns
Accession Number 90.1S11816.1
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
On View Egyptian: Preparing for the Afterlife, Level 1 (see map)
Marks Marked, black ink, right, on side: 11816
Inscriptions Inscribed, name in hieroglyphs: [translated: 'Ipy, Steward, King's Acquaintance]
Frederick Stearns [1831-1907] (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1890-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)