shabti-box;
shabti
- Museum number
- EA41549
- Description
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Painted wooden shabti-box containing eight painted shabtis (four in each compartment); Hieroglyphic text on sides and top naming Henutmehyt.
- Dimensions
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Height: 34.50 centimetres (box)
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Length: 33.50 centimetres (box)
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Width: 18 centimetres (box)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Published: Egyptian Treasures (Shanghai 1999): 204-207 No 61
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Published: J. H. Taylor, 'The Burial Assemblage of Henutmehyt: Inventory, Date and Provenance' in W. V. Davies (ed), Studies in Egyptian Antiquities: A Tribute to T. G. H. James (BM Occasional Paper 123, 1999), 59-72.
- Location
- On display (G63/dc9)
- Exhibition history
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1989 Jan-Mar, South Florida Science Museum, Imhotep's Egypt: Discovering Ancient Egyptian Technology
1989 Apr-Jun, Miami, Museum of Science, Imhotep's Egypt: Discovering Ancient Egyptian Technology
1989 Jul-Aug, Jacksonville Museum of Science History, Imhotep's Egypt: Discovering Ancient Egyptian Technology
1989 1 Nov-1990 31 Dec, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpar, National Museum of Malaysia, Treasures from the Graves
1995 Feb-May, Atlanta, Emory University, Reflections of Women in the New Kingdom
1997 13 Oct-1998 5 Jan, India, New Delhi, National Museum, The Enduring Image
1998 9 Feb-3 May, India, Mumbai, Sir Caswasjee Jahangir Hall, The Enduring Image
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1905
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA41549
- Registration number
- 1905,0515.39.a
