shabti
- Museum number
- EA8977
- Description
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Green glazed composition shabti of Psamtek called Iahmes, born of Bastetirdis, with a striated lappet-wig, a modelled face with a plaited beard, crossed hands in relief holding a relief adze, hoe and the string of the seed-basket which hangs over the shoulder, the legs are inscribed with part of Chapter 6 of The Book of The Dead in eight rows of incised Hieroglyphs; there is a back-pillar and a plinth beneath the feet.
- Dimensions
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Height: 18.25 centimetres
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Width: 4.90 centimetres
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Depth: 3.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The collection contains four other shabtis of the same man (EA 8974, 8976, 54344 and 57627).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2024 20 Jun-24 Nov, Derby, Derby Museums and Art Gallery, Displaced: From the Nile to the Derwent
- Condition
- fair - beard broken
- Associated titles
Inscription from: Book of The Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1838
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA8977
- Registration number
- .8977
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.8977 (Birch Slip Number)
