About the Artwork
Shabti
between 1070 and 945 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Faience with light grey-green glaze and black pigment
Overall: 4 1/4 × 1 5/8 × 1 3/8 inches (10.8 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902
1990.323
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed: Iry (hieroglyphics for deceased's name, painted in black).
Provenance
from cemetary D, Tomb 11(Abydos, Egypt)
1900-1902, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Randall-Maciver & Mace. p. 98, tomb 11, pl. LVII, no. 13.
Ranke, I, 41, 8.
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Egyptian, Shabti, between 1070 and 945 BCE, faience with light grey-green glaze and black pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902, 1990.323.
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