Accession No

Z 17563


Description

Bi-chrome blue and black faience shabti with an illegible 'T'-shaped inscription.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; ?Abydos


Period

Ptolemaic


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 17563


Cultural Affliation


Material

Faience


Local Term

Wsbti Shabti


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Shabti of unknown person, black hair.
Event Date 24/5/1991
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
This shabti originally had no specific provenance beyond 'Egypt'. Glenn Janes tentatively suggests it may come from Abydos. The Place field has been amended accordingly and a separate entry was added to the Production field.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Amendments / updates)
This shabti was originally catalogued as from the Late Ptolemaic Period. Glenn Janes examined this shabti in May 2018. He dates it simply to the Ptolemaic Period and the Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Bi-chrome blue and black glazed faience ushabti with an illegible 'T'-shaped inscription.'
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


Description (Physical description)
Shabti of unknown person. Blue green faience with high-shine black detail on wig and beard.
Event Date 14/5/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn


FM:36955

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