Accession No
Z 17540
Description
Shabti of light green faience for Bu-irw-heru with details added in black. Cracked by firing or salt extrusion.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Thebes; Ramesseum
Period
Third Intermediate Period XXII Dynasty
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 17540
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience
Local Term
Wsbti Shabti
Measurements
Events
Description (Inscription)
Unknown transcriber, possibly Aidan Dodson: wsir r []' ?w
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Shabti of unknown person, cracked by firing or salt extrusion; wsir r []' ?w
Event Date 24/5/1991
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
This shabti was originally catalogued as from the 'Third Intermediate; New Kingdom; XX-XXII; ?XX; ?XXII'. Glenn Janes examined this shabti in May 2018. He dates it to Third Intermediate, 22nd Dynasty and the Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Amendments / updates)
This shabti originally had no specific provenance beyond 'Egypt'. Based on parallels in other museums, Glenn Janes identified it as from the Ramesseum, Western Thebes, which has been added to the Place field.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Light blue/green glazed shabti with details added in black (faded). A faint inscription names the owner as Bu-irw-heru (based on comparable examples).'
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 has identified parallels in the following collections: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bolton, Bristol, Buenos Aires, Canterbury, Liverpool, London (UC), Manchester and Toronto. See also 2006.371 at MAA.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Shabti of light green faience for Bu-irw-heru with details added in black. Cracked by firing or salt extrusion.
Event Date 24/4/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:36950
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