Accession No
Z 44753
Description
Limestone shabti with traces of polychrome decoration. The torso has three horizontal bands, with a vertical column on the back. The owner is named as the Lady of the House, Wer-ner, followed by a version of Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt
Period
New Kingdom XIX Dynasty XX Dynasty
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 44753
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Limestone
Local Term
Wsbti Shabti
Measurements
Events
Description (Inscription)
Unknown transcriber, possibly Aidan Dodson: shd Wsir nbt-pr Wrnl
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Shabti of Wernel. Painted; shd Wsir nbt-pr Wrnl + Shabti spell
Event Date 24/5/1991
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
This shabti was originally catalogued as from the New Kingdom; XIX-XX; ?XIX; ?XX Dynasty. Glenn Janes examined this shabti in May 2018. He dates it to the New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty and the Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 5/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Limestone shabti with traces of polychrome decoration. The torso has three horizontal bands, with a vertical column on the back. The owner is named as the Lady of the House, Wer-ner (Ranke p. 83 [no. 2] followed by a version of Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead.'
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:37403
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