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Serpentine shabti figure Unknown

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Title/s	Serpentine shabti figure
Maker/s	Unknown
Category	funerary equipment
Name	ushabti
Description	shabti statue representing an official. Shabtis (or shawabtis or ushabtis) are small mummiform figures that were put in a tomb and meant to 'answer the call' to perform tasks on behalf of the deceased such as tilling and irrigating the lands.
Field Collection	Diospolis Parva
Dimensions	height 16.5 cm
Period	Twelfth Dynasty Middle Kingdom
Date	1976 B.C. — 1794 B.C.
Provenance	given: the Egypt Exploration Fund 1899 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Petrie, W.M.F. (1901) Diospolis Parva (1901) [page: ] [comments: pl. XXVI] (1982) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge (Cambs.) : Pevensey Press (2005) London: Scala [page: 185] [comments: ] Bourriau, J.D. (1988) Pharaohs and mortals; Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom , Cambridge (Cambs.) (1988) Cambridge (Cambs.) [comments: no.82]
Material/s	steatite
Accession Number	E.252.1899 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 49909; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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