Ushabti
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
label: Site Name
content: Deir El-Medina
notes: label: Notes
content: PAINTED LIMESTONE FIGURE; CROSSED ARMS; STANDING; HEADRESS AND GOWN WITH HIEROGLYPHICS. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
label: Notes
content: Deir El-Medina worker's shabti - uses title for artisans "Sejem ash." Worker's name "Amen-em-inet." Associated with model coffin # 553173. Painted.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Shabti, 1292-1190 BC. This shabti and its coffin (A553173) belonged to Ameneminet, a worker with the title "the one who hears the call," from the Deir el-Medina artisan's village near the Valley of the Kings.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, New Kingdom Period, Dynasty XIX
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553172-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 4 cm