About the Artwork
Shabti
between 380 and 343 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Faience, light blue, purple and glaze
Overall: 4 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 inches (10.2 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm) Including base: 4 13/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/2 inches (12.2 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902
1990.311
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Provenance
from cemetery G, tomb 50, west chamber (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. 37-39, pl. LXXIX & LXXX.
Petrie, Shabtis, pl. XXII - no. 643-644, 649, pl. XLV - no. 644 & 649.
Aubert, pp. 265-266, 282.
Ranke, I, 123, I- P3-di-wsir (diacritical marks omitted).
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Egyptian, Shabti, between 380 and 343 BCE, faience, light blue, purple and glaze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900-1902, 1990.311.
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