Shabti
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. This shabti is decorated with painted hieroglyphs and details on the face and hair.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- A472
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collector Excavator
- Jones, Winslow, Mr
- Material
- woodpigment
- Common Name
- shabti
- 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 Year Low
- -1400
- Production Year High
- -500
