Overseer shabti
- Accession Number
- W657
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Faience and glass case
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Shabti
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasties
- Nineteenth Dynasty to Twentieth Dynasty
- Material
- Faience
- Measurements
- Height: 142mm | Width: 45mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
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A blue glazed faience overseer shabti with a reattached head that does not belong to it. The hieroglyphs on the front and back are in a vertical column. The name on the back begins 'Men....' It dates to the New Kingdom. This shabti is in the 'everyday dress' shape of Late New Kingdom shabtis. The hands on the skirt show that the figure is in an attitude of prayer. Shabtis were put in tombs to do work for their owners in the afterlife.
- Auction Details
- 15 ancient Egyptian models of mummies, etc.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 13 Dec 2021