Object Number | E390 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Hawara |
Period | Late Period | Twenty-Sixth Dynasty |
Date Made | 664 - 525 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Faience |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
Description | Large, fine, faded-green faience shabti belonging to a man named Horwedja. The shabti has a long striated wig and wears a false beard. In his proper right hand, he holds a hoe and the rope to a small square basket (which is on his back). In his left hand, he holds an adze. The shabti is inscribed with nine horizontal lines of text which begins with his name and titles. The shabti has an uninscribed back pillar. |
Height | 26.5 cm |
Width | 7.5 cm |
Depth | 5.1 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890 |
Other Number | ES 390 - Original Number |
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