Shabti

1900.38.0015

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Shabti   (1900.38.0015)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Ceremonial Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Funerary Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Late Period, 27th-31st Dynasties
Date 525 – 332 BCE
Culture Egyptian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 15.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 4.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 2.8 cm
Weight 112 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Glass--Faience
Manufacturing Processes Firing, Cast

Research Remarks

Description

Image in the 2005 Illio University of Illinois Yearbook.

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Stewart, H.M. Egyptian Shabtis. Shire Egyptology Series 23, 1995, pp. 8-57. (Photocopy in museum files).

www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/shabti.html
(photocopy in museum files)

Vassilika. Egyptian Art. Cambridge Univ Press, 1995, p. 70 (Photocopy in museum files).

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction No

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