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Shabti Figure

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Title/s	Shabti Figure
Category	funerary equipment
Name	ushabti
Description	shabti, Osiriform/mummiform torso, inscribed for Akhenaten
Production Notes	Representing Akhenaten. He was buried in the desert cliffs behind his new capital, Amarna. Although Aten was the principal god at this time, this figure is mummiform, a form which at this period is closely associated with the more traditional god Osiris.
Field Collection	Royal Tomb Tell el Amarna Egypt
Dimensions	depth 4.8 cm height 15.1 cm width 7.7 cm
Period	Eighteenth Dynasty New Kingdom
Date	circa 1352 B.C. — 1336 B.C.
Provenance	bequeathed: Gayer-Anderson, R.G. 1943 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Inscriptions/Marks	inscription Content: nfr-xprw-ra wA-n-ra sA ra Ax-n-itn
Documentation	Martin, G.T. The royal tomb at El-'Amarna. The rock tombs of El- 'Amarna, pt. 7. 1. The objects [comments: 57-8, pls.16,38]
Material/s	sandstone or limestone
Accession Number	E.GA.4518.1943 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 58969; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Shabti Figure