Shabti

1954.04.0017B

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Shabti (1954.04.0017B)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Funerary Objects
Artist/Maker	None
Geographic Location	Africa, North : Egypt : Northern Upper Egypt, Governorate of Sohag : Abydos
Period/Date	Ptolemaic, 305 – 30 BCE
Culture	Egyptian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	2.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Depth)	1.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Width)	0.8 cm
Weight	2 g
Measuring Remarks	Second largest dimension is measurement from back to front along length of foot.
Materials	Glass--Faience
Manufacturing Processes	Cast, Firing
Munsell Color Information	pale blue (7.5 b 7/4) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description	N/A
Description	N/A
Comparanda	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

Archaeological Data	N/A
Credit Line/Dedication	Courtesy of J. S. Kingsley
Reproduction	no
Reproduction Information	N/A

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