Royal Shawabti
| Object Number: | 92-2-66 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Sudan Nubia Nuri |
| Locus: | Pyramid I |
| Period: | Third Intermediate Period Napatan Twenty-Fifth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 690-664 BCE |
| Early Date: | -690 |
| Late Date: | -664 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Calcite |
| Iconography: | King Taharqa |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 26.3 cm |
| Width: | 9.8 cm |
| Depth: | 5.1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Exchange with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1992 |
| Other Number: | 17-3-260 - Field No SF 20.218 - Boston Museum of Fine Arts Number |
Description
Calcite shabti of king Taharqa. The king wears a bag wig with a uraeus at his brow, a false beard and he holds two hoes. The front of the shabti is inscribed with 10 lines of the shabti spell.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum (18 Sep 2011) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] O'Connor, David B. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 142 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 308-09 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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