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Faience shabti, with eyes, large wig, and holding a hoe in each hand (all detailed in black). There is a single line of inscription down the front, identifying the owner as Maatkare, the daughter of Pinedjem I. Maatkare, was a God's Wife of Amun (Divine Adoratrice) in the 21st Dynasty. On the reverse of the shabti, a basket is slung over the left shoulder.
Shabti, blue glazed with details in black, of Maatkare (daughter of Pinedjem I)
Bought by Ernest Alfred Wallis Thompson Budge, 1886
Height: 0.113 m
Method of acquisition: Bought by Budge, Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis
Accession number: E.12.1887
Primary reference Number: 63566
Oldadmincategory: SU
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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