Shabti

Description

Sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis, contained in a rectangular wooden shabti box: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Third Intermediate Period, probably 25th Dynasty, c. 747 - 656 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.286 B

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Shabti

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

747 - 656 BC

Style / Culture

25th Dynasty (Kushite), 3rd Intermediate Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Pottery

Collection place(s)

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

Associations

Depicted: Re-Herakhty
Pedi-Isit
Excavator: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• The Tomb

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

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

On display

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