Shawabti

E11531

Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries

From: Egypt | Abydos

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E11531
Current Location Africa Galleries - On Display
Provenience Egypt | Abydos
Period Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom
Date Made 1539-1292 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone | Pigment
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Painted limestone shabti of Meketniwetef. Figure wears a long blue wig and an elaborately painted collar. The arms are crossed at the breast. There are seven lines of inscription containing ch. 6 of the Book of the Dead. In the multimedia photo E 11531 is second from the left.

Height 23 cm
Width 8 cm
Depth 5 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1903
Other Number AES 3513 - Other Number

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