Shabty of Lady Sati

Medium: Faience

Geograhical Locations:

• Saqqara, Egypt

Dates:ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 10 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (26 × 8.9 × 5.7 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

Exhibitions:

• Realm of Marvels: Building Collections for the Future
• A Woman's Afterlife: Gender Transformation in Ancient Egypt
• Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity

Accession Number: 37.124E

Image: 37.123E_37.124E_SL3.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Polychrome glazed faience schwabti inscribed for the Lady Sati. The figure is mummiform with its arms folded across its chest. In each hand she holds a hoe, and a basket. Hoes and baskets are glazed blue, yellow, and red. The figure wears a broad collar glazed blue, yellow and red; and a tripartite wig with white and black striations. On the front half of the figure, from the waist down, are eleven lines of deep blue hieroglyphs. The figure itself is glazed white. Condition: Slight chips; otherwise good.

Brooklyn Museum