Accession No

1948.2688


Description

Reis-Shabti of Tayuheret, overseer. Dark blue faience with black details. Mounted on modern black base.


Place

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


Period

Third Intermediate Period XXI Dynasty


Source

Acworth Collection


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.2688; 160; 79


Cultural Affliation


Material

Faience


Local Term

wsbti


Measurements


Events

Description (Inscription)

Unknown transcriber, possibly Aidan Dodson: 'shd wsir Hrw-pr////?'.
Event Date
Author: Remke velden


Context (Field collection)
From Western Thebes, the Royal Cache – Cache 1 – Deir el-Bahari (DB 320).
Event Date
Author: Remke velden


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed by string reads: '160'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to base reads: '160' and in another hand '79'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Whole; shd wsir Hrw-pr////?
Event Date 20/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Reis-Shabti of Tayuheret, overseer. Dark blue faience with black details. Mounted on modern black base.
Event Date 26/10/2018
Author: Remke velden


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: Remke velden


Description (Physical description)
Glenn Janes (2018): 'Bright blue glazed faience overseer shabti, details added in black, for Tayuheret.'
Event Date 3/2018
Author: Remke velden


Context (Amendments / updates)
This shabti originally had no specific provenance beyond 'Egypt'. Based on parallels in other museums, Glenn Janes identified it as from Western Thebes, Deir el-Bahari, which has been added to the Place field. There are numerous parallels around the world.
Event Date 3/2018
Author: Remke velden


Context (Amendments / updates)
Based on parallels in other museums, Glenn Janes identified this shabti as from Western Thebes, the Royal Cache – Cache 1 – Deir el-Bahari (DB 320), which has been added as a separate entry.
Event Date 3/2018
Author: Remke velden


Description (Physical description)
Reis-Shabti of Heruper. Dark blue faience with black details. Inscription on back: shd wsir Hrw-pr////?. Mounted on modern black base.
Event Date 15/3/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2023.5579 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 19/1/2023
Author: Ayesha Fuentes


FM:37952

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