Shabti figure of Ptah-Meri
Shabti figures were placed with ancient Egyptian burials to act as servants in the afterlife, to undertake menial tasks and produce food for the deceased. The hieroglyphics on this shabti are an extract from the Book of the Dead.
It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague who collected over 800 classical archaeological objects, which he bequeathed to the museum on his death.
It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague who collected over 800 classical archaeological objects, which he bequeathed to the museum on his death.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/604
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collector Excavator
- Montague, Lieutenant Colonel Leopold Agar Denys (from the collection of)
- Material
- ceramic | faience | | |
- Common Name
- shabti figure of Ptah-Meri
- Simple Name
- shabti
- Period Classification
- New Kingdom (Dynasties 18-20) - 1650-1070 BC; 3rd Intermediate Period (Dynasties 21-25) - 1070-661 BC; Late Period (Dynasties 26-31) - 661-332 BC
- Production Town
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- -1400
- Production Year High
- -500
