Accession No

Z 17602


Description

Upper part of blue faience shabti.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; ?Abydos


Period

Early Ptolemaic


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 17602


Cultural Affliation


Material

Faience


Local Term

Wsbti Shabti


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Perhaps from Abydos, North Cemeteries; Cemetery G.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Shabti of unknown person, feet missing.
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, North Cemeteries; Cemetery G. 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 simply from the Ptolemaic Period. Glenn Janes examined this shabti in May 2018. He dates it to Early Ptolemaic Period and the Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Upper part of blue glazed faience ushabti.'
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


FM:36985

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