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Basalt shabti figure

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Title/s	Basalt shabti figure
Category	funerary equipment
Name	ushabti
Description	shabti, with figure wrapped in cloak, inscribed with the offering formula 'soldier of the town regiment, Inhurhotep'
Field Collection	Egypt
Dimensions	height 16.7 cm width 4.52 cm
Period	Twelfth Dynasty Thirteenth Dynasty Middle Kingdom
Date	1976 B.C. — 1794 B.C.
Provenance	bequeathed: Greg, Robert (Sir) 1954 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Inscriptions/Marks	inscription Translation: 'the soldier of the town regiment, Inhurhotep'
Documentation	Bourriau, J.D. (1988) Pharaohs and mortals; Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom , Cambridge (Cambs.) (1988) Cambridge (Cambs.) [comments: no.81]
Material/s	basalt
Accession Number	E.641.1954 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 62713; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-13)

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Basalt shabti figure