shabti-box; vegetal remains

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Object Type: shabti-box; vegetal remains
Museum number: EA24895
Description: Rectangular wooden shabti-box of the chantress of Amun Isety. Two vaulted lids and two divisions; exterior painted white with a vertical column of Hieroglyphic text on one side-wall; two round knobs in one side of box and in one lid; one in other lid. Remains of cord attached to lid and box. Stands on two wooden bars attached to base.
Cultures/periods: 21st Dynasty
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Second Cache
Materials: wood; grass
Technique: painted
Dimensions: Height: 39.30 centimetres; Length: 42 centimetres; Width: 24.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair; some damage and paint loss
Associated names: Named in inscription: Asty
Acquisition name: Donated by: Government of the British Protectorate of Egypt
Acquisition date: 1893
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA24895
Registration number: 1893,1014.95
Conservation: Treatment: 07 May 1999; Treatment: 02 Aug 1983

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