- Museum number
- EA55483
- Description
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Calcite shabti of Taharqo: of exceptionally large size. The reliance on older models is apparent in the text of the shabti spell, inscribed around the king's body. It is based on much earlier versions, with unusually full wording in place of the abbreviated texts that had been in fashion in the Third Intermediate Period.
- Production date
- 690BC-664BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 33.60 centimetres
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Weight: 4.50 kilograms
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Width: 11.43 centimetres
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Depth: 7.60 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Inscription subject
royal
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
D. Dunham, ‘The Royal Cemeteries of Kush’ II (Boston 1950-1963);
D. Dunham, 'Nuri' (Boston, 1955), 10, fig. 197, pl. CXL;
J.H. Taylor and N.C. Strudwick, Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt. Treasures from The British Museum, Santa Ana and London 2005, pp. 230-1, pl. on p. 230.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2005-2008, California, The Bowers Museum, Death and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
2011 Jul–Sept, Newcastle, Great North Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Oct–Jan, Dorchester, Dorset County Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Feb–June, Leeds City Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Jul-Oct, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Nov– Feb 2013, Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2013 Mar–Aug, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2013, 25 Oct- 2014, 15 Feb, Wuhan, Hubei Provincial Museum,
2016 8 Mar–12 Jun, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2018 7 Jun–16 Sep, Barcelona, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2018-2019 16 Oct–20 Jan, Madrid, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2019 19 Feb–25 Aug, Girona, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2019-2020 24 Sept–12 Jan, Seville, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2020–2021 11 Feb–21 Feb, Tarragona, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2021 25 Mar–15 Aug, Santiago de Compostela, Museo Centro de Gaias, Pharaoh King of Egypt
2021-2022 15 Sep–9 Jan, Zaragoza, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2022 10 Feb–15 May, Palma, La Caixa, Pharaoh King of Egypt
2022-2023 21 Jun–26 Feb, Valencia, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1922
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA55483
- Registration number
- 1922,0513.74
