Shabti

Description

Shabti figure in limestone, wearing a lappet wig, collar and scarab pectoral and inscribed with the name Thauenhuya: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, possibly Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, c.1295-1186 BC

Museum reference

A.395.6

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Shabti

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

New Kingdom
19th Dynasty

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Limestone

Physical description

Limestone

Collection place(s)

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: Thau-en-huya, House Mistress
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778 - 1824
Mayne, Robert, 1782 - 1867

Exhibitions

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

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