Accession No

Z 17615


Description

Shabti of DjedKhonsuiwefankh. Blue faience with details in black


Place

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


Period

Third Intermediate Period XXI Dynasty


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 17615


Cultural Affliation


Material

Faience


Local Term

Wsbti Shabti


Measurements

102mm


Events

Description (Inscription)
Unknown transcriber, possibly Aidan Dodson: wsir imy-r sntwy Dd-Hnsw-iw.f-' nh
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Blue Glaze; wsir imy-r sntwy Dd-Hnsw-iw.f-' nh
Event Date 24/5/1991
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
According to Glenn Janes (2018), Shabtis for this owner are sometimes wrongly attributed as coming from the Priests of Amen Cache at Deir el-Bahari. Parallels in Bolton, Cambridge (Fitz.), Chiddingstone, Copenhagen, Kazon, Lisbon, Mainz, Manchester, Mainz, Moscow, New York, Sydney, and Winterthur etc.
Event Date 3/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Analysis)
This shabti originally had no specific provenance beyond 'Egypt'. Based on parallels in other museums, Glenn Janes identified it as from Western Thebes, probably Deir el-Baharhi, which has been added to the Place field.
Event Date 3/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Analysis)
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 3/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Bright blue glazed faience, details added in black for the Overseer of the Double Granary, DjedKhonsuiwefankh.'
Event Date 3/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


FM:36999

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