Fragment of the head and shoulders of a female (?) shabti

Fragment of the head and shoulders of a female (?) shabti

Only the head and shoulders are preserved. The head wears a plain wig. The chest and shoulders are flat, while the back is rounded. The details of the face, eyes, eyebrows and mouth are very finely executed.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 173

Dating 26TH DYNASTY (not after); 25TH DYNASTY AND CONTEMPORARIES (not before)

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category SHABTI

Material LIMESTONE

Technique HEWN

Height 7 cm

Width 6.6 cm

Depth 3.6 cm

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Bibliography•C.W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Catalogus eener verzameling Egyptische, Grieksche, Romeinsche en andere oudheden, 1909, 57 (nr. 21)

•H.D. Schneider, Shabtis I, 1977, 159ff.

•W.M. van Haarlem, CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. II, vol. 2, 1990, 161-162