Accession No

Z 17616


Description

Deep blue-green faience shabti (discoloured). The inscription on the body and the back pillar is Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, but the name of the owner is illegible.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt


Period

Late Period XXVI Dynasty


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 17616


Cultural Affliation


Material

Faience


Local Term

Wsbti Shabti


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Shabti of unknown person; Shabti Spell + Illegible.
Event Date 24/5/1991
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
This shabti was originally catalogued as simply Late Egyptian. Glenn Janes examined this shabti in May 2018. He dates it to the Late Period, 26th Dynasty and the Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Deep blue-green glazed ushabti (discoloured). The inscription is Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, but the name of the owner is illegible.'
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)
Faience shabti; green and slightly mottled colour. Impressed shabti spell and illegible inscription on body and back pilar.
Event Date 14/5/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Deep blue-green faience shabti (discoloured). The inscription on the body and the back pillar is Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, but the name of the owner is illegible.
Event Date 28/4/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau


FM:37000

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