Shabti box, for a priest named Hornefer and his wife

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Funerary equipment. Shabti box, for a Priest named Hornefer and his wife, a chantress of Amun, named Taqa. Has two separate compartments for the couple's shabtis. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, depth 0.16 m, height 0.345 m, width 0.26 m, circa 1290- circa 1185 B.C. New Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.205.1932
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
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ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1

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12th Century 13th Century afterlife Amon-Re Amun-Ra Amun-Re Ancient Egypt antiquity BC belief box container Egyptian figures Fitz_ANT funerary equipment grave goods hieroglyphics hieroglyphs New Kingdom painted priest religion religious shabti ushabti wife wood wooden

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