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Shabti

1954.04.0017A

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Artifact Identification Shabti   (1954.04.0017A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Funerary Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Ptolemaic
Date 305 – 30 BCE
Culture Egyptian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 2.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Depth) 1.3 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 1.1 cm
Weight 2 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Glass--Faience
Manufacturing Processes Cast, Firing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

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

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

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

Divisions for region taken from: Baines & Málek 1980
Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Phaidon.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Courtesy of J. S. Kingsley
Reproduction no

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