Shabti
This shabti figure at first appears to be an ancient Egyptian artefact and it bears the name of King Thutmose III. Closer examination has shown it is actually a modern fake made for the tourist market in the 19th or 20th centuries.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 1017/1988/3
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Material
- ceramic
- Common Name
- shabti
- Simple Name
- shabti
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Modern (1900-)
