Shawabti

E6647

From: Egypt | Abydos

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E6647
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Abydos
Locus Tomb V27
Period New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1292 - 1190 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Terracotta
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Red ware, painted. Traces of white on body; face, wings, and panel for inscription yellow; wig, brows, eyes and traces of illegible inscription black; hoe and adze [?] red. The curious wings on this shawabti may have some connection with the Ba bird.

Height 14.9 cm
Width 7.9 cm
Depth 3.6 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900
Other Number AES1437 - AES

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