Wood Box With (Terra Cotta) Ushabtis Painted
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1959
name: label: Donor Name
content: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "From Thebes, Khokheh [Khokha], Tomb 832 [MMA 832] ('Ofenmut [Aafenmut]). Late Dynastic period, box is wood; ushabtis are terra cotta painted blue (or faience glazed blue). 1 box with wooden pin; 198 ushabtis. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976."
label: Notes
content: Shabti box w/ 198 shabtis. Box and 2 of the shabtis are on exhibit, 2011. 196 shabtis are in storage.
label: Notes
content: Shabti box and 2 of the shabtis are on exhibit, 2011. From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for box and 2 shabtis, 2011: Shabti box with 198 shabtis, 664-525 BC. This shabti box belonged to a temple door keeper and probably once held 401 figures - one for every day of the year plus 36 overseers. Only 198 of the shabtis are left.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 199
place: label: Place
content: Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, Late Period
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 223500
label: USNM Number
content: A423021-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box / Figurine