Object Number |
E12615A |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Provenience |
Egypt | Deir El-Medina |
Period |
Nineteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom |
Date Made |
1292-1190 BCE |
Section |
Egyptian |
Materials |
Wood | Pigment | Gesso |
Technique |
Painted |
Iconography |
Woman | Maya |
Inscription Language |
Hieroglyphic |
Description |
Painted wooden shabti inscribed: Of the Lady Maya. The figure is mummiform and brightly painted. She wears a long heavy wig and an elaborate broad collar. There are nine lines of inscription on the front of the figure. The glyphs are painted black on a yellow background and the lines separating the text are red. A basket is on her back. In each hand, she holds an object, perhaps an amulet. |
Height |
24 cm |
Width |
5.6 cm |
Depth |
4 cm |
Credit Line |
Gift of Mrs. Dillwyn Parrish, 1914 |
Other Number |
DP 235 - Field No SF |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Capel, Anne K., and Glen Markoe. Mistress of the House Mistress of the Heaven Women in Ancient Egypt. Hudson Hills Press, New York in association with Cincinnatti Art Museum. Page/Fig./Plate: 151-52 |
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Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. Page/Fig./Plate: 35 |
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Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 252-255 |
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2004. See: p. 93, fig. 82; Back Cover |
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Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 89. fig. 56 |
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