About the Artwork
Shabti
between 712 and 657 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Faience with bright dark-blue glaze
Overall: 4 1/8 × 1 × 1 inches (10.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm) Overall (object only): 3 3/16 × 7/8 × 1/2 inches (8.1 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902
1990.306
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed: 3s-tn-3h-bi.t (diacritical marks omitted; hieroglyphics for deceased's name, painted in black).
Provenance
from Cemetary D, Tomb 3 (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, (Ast-en-kheb A), pp. 64, 78-79, 86, 97. [tomb 3, pl. XXXIX - shawabti, pl. LVII - no. 22.]
Aubert, p. 203 (Isetenkheb).
Kitchen, p. 381 (Istemkheb H).
Petrie. Shabtis. p. 15, no. 531, pls. XVI and XLII.
Porter & Moss, V, 68 (Esenkhebi).
Ranke, I, 4, 3 [transliterates as 3s.t-m-3h-bi.t, diacritical marks omitted].
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Egyptian, Shabti, between 712 and 657 BCE, faience with bright dark-blue glaze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902, 1990.306.
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