Box lid, shabti

Description

One of two shabti box lids in red and black glazed faience, each rectangular with an inscription naming the owner as Akh-menu: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 18th - 19th Dynasty

Museum reference

A.1956.201

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Box lid, shabti

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

18th - 19th Dynasty

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Previous owner: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Depicted: Akh-menu

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland