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shabti-box
;
textile
;
vegetal remains
Object Type
shabti-box
textile
vegetal remains
Museum number
EA24894
Description
Rectangular wooden shabti-box of the singer of Amun Nesytanebettawy; three lids and two dividers; painted white with three columns of Hieroglyphic text on one side-wall; remains of grass and textile inside.
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Second Cache
Materials
wood
linen
grass
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height:
44.50 centimetres
Length:
55 centimetres
Width:
29.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
PM I Part 2: p.641
Location
Not on display
Condition
good
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Government of the British Protectorate of Egypt
Acquisition date
1893
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA24894
Registration number
1893,1014.94
Conservation
Treatment
: 11 May 1999
Treatment
: 10 Jun 1983