Object Details
Collector
Joseph Hirshhorn
Donor Name
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
Notes
WOODEN FIGURE WITH HIEROGLYPHICS (INLAID) ARMS CROSSED, HEAD DRESS PAINTED BLACK, NOSE BROKEN. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
Extremely well carved with a very detailed 2-zone wig, and the inscription inlaid in the wood with a lighter colored material. The figure originally had a beard which is now missing, and has seed packets on its back carved in raised relief. Inscribed for one "sin-wed-nu" a priest of offerings, agent of the temple of Amon, and High priest of Ptah. [Name in later notes given as Sen-ked] Dynasty XVIII - XIX.
From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Shabti, 1292-1190 BC. Shabti wears wig and jewelry like living people. As a worker in the afterlife, it holds a hoe.
Record Last Modified
30 Jul 2020
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Egyptian, New Kingdom Period
Accession Date
28 Aug 1992
Accession Number
370312
USNM Number
A553169-0
Object Type
Figurine
Length - Object
14.5 cm
Width - Object
7 cm
Depth - Object
3 cm
Place
Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8503985