IDENTIFIERS
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id:	62935
accession number:	E.79.1955

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
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/62935





TECHNIQUES
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carved

CATEGORIES
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category: funerary equipment

DATING
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creation date:	1773 - 1650
creation date earliest:	1773
creation date latest:	1650
culture:	13th Dynasty
culture:	Middle Kingdom


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 10.5



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