Female shabti

Female shabti

Shabti of a woman with a large wig covering the ears and falling down onto the shoulders and breasts. The arms are folded. The mummiform body carries nine lines of incised and painted hieroglyphs.

Present location MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number 2123

Dating NEW KINGDOM

Archaeological Site UNSPECIFIED

Category SHABTI

Material WOOD

Technique SCULPTURED; INCISION

Height 26 cm

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Bibliography•A.Pellegrini, Statuette funerarie del Museo Archeologico di Firenze, Bessarione IV, vol. 7, !900, pg. 154, n. 27.