<em>Anonymous Shabty</em>, ca. 1400–1390 or ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 9 13/16 x 3 1/8 in. (25 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.121E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.121E_erg456.jpg)

Anonymous Shabty

Medium: Limestone, pigment

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Dates:ca. 1400–1390 or ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 3 1/8 in. (25 x 7.9 cm)

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Accession Number: 37.121E

Image: CUR.37.121E_erg456.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Uninscribed limestone schwabti wearing a lappet wig. The figure is in mummiform and the hands are crossed opposite. In the right hand it holds a hoe and a seed basket. In the left hand it holds a mattock and a seed basket. Across the chest is a yoke. The ears are pierced and there are traces of black paint on the eyes and eyebrows. A circular chip under the chin indicates that it had a beard which may have been broken off or may have been removed to make it a woman's schwabti. Condition: good. Chip under the chin, chip on right front of the base.

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