Accession No
Z 17518
Description
Shabti of ?Mery-Re. Pottery with white wash, blue/black headdress, yellow background to text and black detail. Traces of red wax on base, possibly from a collector's stand.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt
Period
New Kingdom XIX Dynasty XX Dynasty
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 17518
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Wsbti Shabti
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Shabti of Meryre. Black headdress, white body, yellow background to text; shd wsir Mry-R'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Inscription)
Unknown transcriber, possibly Aidan Dodson: shd wsir Mry-R'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Pottery shabti with a white wash and polychrome decoration. A vertical column of a black painted inscription upon a yellow ground is mostly illegible'.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Related Documents)
Glenn Janes, author of The Shabti Collections, examined this shabti in March 2018 as part of a survey of MAA's entire shabti collection, which continued in May 2018. Janes generated a spreadsheet detailing his analysis of the collection, see Doc.417.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Analysis)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Perhaps the name of the owner, suggested as Mery-Re, is on collection records, or known from parallel examples?'
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Shabti of Meryre. Pottery with white wash, blue/black headdress, yellow background to text and black detail. Inscription: shd wsir Mry-R'. Traces of red wax on base, possibly from a collector's stand.
Event Date 14/5/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Analysis)
This shabti was originally catalogued as from the New Kingdom; XVIII-XIX; ?XVIII; ?XIX. Glenn Janes examined this shabti in May 2018. He dates it to the New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty and the Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 26/4/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:36930
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