Shabti, inscribed ?Nespaheran
Production date
1550 BCE-1069 BCE
Country
Egypt
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Object detail
Description
Bright mid blue faience worker shabti with arms folded across the chest to hold hoes, with trace of black inscriptions which have not been deciphered, and black ink depicting hoe, basket and wig.
Classification
ARCHAEOLOGY Egyptian figure
Production date
1550 BCE-1069 BCE
Production place
Measurements
L100mm x W37mm x D25mm
Media/Materials description
Egyptian faience is a ceramic material with a siliceous body and brightly coloured glaze.
Faience (composed of quartz, alkaline salts [natron or plant ash], lime, and metallic mineral-based colorant)
Glaze (formed by alkali and lime reacting with silica to form the glaze)
Faience (composed of quartz, alkaline salts [natron or plant ash], lime, and metallic mineral-based colorant)
Glaze (formed by alkali and lime reacting with silica to form the glaze)
History and use
Shabtis (Egyptian ushabti), are funerary figurines, usually mummiform in appearance, which developed during the Middle Kingdom. They were buried with a person, standing in place of the deceased and their servants. They were intended to free the deceased from the necessity of labour in the afterlife, which was required for the deceased to produce their own food.
Registration number
E40056.1