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Faience shabti figure
Shabti, blue glazed, uninscribed. A shabti (shawabti or ushabti) is a small mummiform figure that was put in the tomb to 'answer the call' to perform tasks on behalf of the deceased such as tilling and irrigating the lands.
Height: 10 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by Hornblower, G. D., OBE
Ptolemaic Period#
-0332
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-0030
Accession number: E.272.1939
Primary reference Number: 53968
Oldadmincategory: SU
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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