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shabti-box
Object Type
shabti-box
Museum number
EA46714
Description
Painted and plastered wooden shabti-box decorated with a scene of Neskhons with an underworld deity.
Cultures/periods
25th Dynasty
(?)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
Materials
wood
plaster
Technique
painted
plastered
Dimensions
Height:
20.10 centimetres
Height:
26.10 centimetres
Length:
36.80 centimetres
Width:
18.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
On display
(G63/dc15)
Subjects
ancient egyptian deity
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Neskhons
(owner)
Named in inscription:
Djedkhonsiufankh
(daughter of)
Named in inscription:
Tasasait
(daughter of)
Named in inscription:
Amenemope
Acquisition date
1907
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA46714
Registration number
1907,0612.13
Conservation
Treatment
: 11 May 1999