IDENTIFIERS
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id:	49909
accession number:	E.252.1899

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 May 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: shabti statue representing an official. Shabtis (or shawabtis or ushabtis) are small mummiform figures that were put in a tomb and meant to 'answer the call' to perform tasks on behalf of the deceased such as tilling and irrigating the lands.
title:	ushabti

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49909





TECHNIQUES
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carved
TECHNIQUES
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polished

CATEGORIES
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category: funerary equipment

DATING
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creation date:	1976 - 1794
creation date earliest:	1976
creation date latest:	1794
culture:	12th Dynasty#
culture:	Middle Kingdom

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 16.5



CITATIONS
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Diospolis Parva
Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Pharaohs and mortals; Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom
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