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Wooden shabti
Shabti, with hieratic inscription in black ink. A shabti (or shawabti or ushabti) is a small mummiform figure that was put in tombs in order to 'answer the call' to perform tasks on behalf of the deceased such as tilling and irrigating the lands. This example is inscribed with a magic spell in the heiratic script.
Height: 10.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1955) by Elderton, William Palin, Sir
13th Dynasty
Middle Kingdom
Circa
-1773
-
Circa
-1650
Accession number: E.79.1955
Primary reference Number: 62935
Oldadmincategory: SU
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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