Ushabti
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: WOODEN FIGURE WITH HIEROGLYPHICS (INLAID) ARMS CROSSED, HEAD DRESS PAINTED BLACK, NOSE BROKEN. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
label: Notes
content: Extremely well carved with a very detailed 2-zone wig, and the inscription inlaid in the wood with a lighter colored material. The figure originally had a beard which is now missing, and has seed packets on its back carved in raised relief. Inscribed for one "sin-wed-nu" a priest of offerings, agent of the temple of Amon, and High priest of Ptah. [Name in later notes given as Sen-ked] Dynasty XVIII - XIX.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Shabti, 1292-1190 BC. Shabti wears wig and jewelry like living people. As a worker in the afterlife, it holds a hoe.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, New Kingdom Period
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553169-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 3 cm