About the Artwork
Shabti
between 380 and 343 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Faience with dark blue-green glaze
Overall (object): 4 3/8 × 1 9/16 × 7/8 inches (11.1 × 4 × 2.2 cm) Including base: 5 3/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/2 inches (13.7 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902
1990.317
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed: Dd-hr (diacritical marks omitted; hieroglyphics for deceased's name, painted in black).
Provenance
from cemetary G, Tomb 50 (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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Petrie, Abydos I, pp. 35, 37-39.
Petrie, Shabtis, pl. XXIII no.s 646-648, pl. XLV no.s 646-647.
Aubert, pp. 265-267, 282.
Ranke, I, 411, 12.
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Egyptian, Shabti, between 380 and 343 BCE, faience with dark blue-green glaze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902, 1990.317.
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