Accession No

Z 17569


Description

Bright blue faience 'overseer' shabti for Amen-mert, with details added in black. Chipped at left elbow and brow.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Thebes; Deir el-Bahari


Period

Third Intermediate Period XXI Dynasty


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 17569


Cultural Affliation


Material

Faience


Local Term

Wsbti Shabti


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
From Western Thebes, Deir el-Bahari (Cache II).
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Shabti of Meryamun. Glaze chipped from left elbow; wsir Mry-' Imn
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Inscription)
Unknown transcriber, possibly Aidan Dodson: wsir Mry-' Imn.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Analysis)
Glenn Janes has identified parallels in the following collections: Amiens, Basel, Cairo, Copenhagen, Dieppe, Florence, Istanbul, Leiden, Lisbon, Madrid, Marseilles, Oslo, Saint-Petersburg and Uppsala. Others are known in private collections. A second series of shabtis are also known with the name written as MertAmen.
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)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Bright blue glazed faience 'overseer' shabti with details added in black. The owner is named as Amen-mert.'
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Amendments / updates)
Based on parallels in other museums, Glenn Janes identified this shabti as from Western Thebes, Deir el-Bahari (Cache II), which has been added as a separate entry.

Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Amendments / updates)
This shabti was originally catalogued as from the 'Third Intermediate; New Kingdom; XX-XXI; ?XX; ?XXI Dynasty'. Glenn Janes examined this shabti in May 2018. He dates it to the Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty and the Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Overseer shabti of Meryamun. Bright blue faience with black detail. Chipped at left elbow and brow. Inscription: wsir Mry-' Imn.
Event Date 14/5/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Bright blue faience 'overseer' shabti for Amen-mert, with details added in black. Chipped at left elbow and brow.
Event Date 26/4/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau


FM:36961

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