Brightly glazed polychrome faience shabti, with a white background, red face, purple-brown details and hieroglyphic inscription, giving the shabti formula. Polychrome faience figures such as this shabti represent a technical achievement of the late 18th and 19th Dynasties.
Present location |
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN |
Inventory number |
1882:3139 |
Dating |
19TH DYNASTY |
Archaeological Site |
UNKNOWN |
Category |
SHABTI |
Material |
FAIENCE |
Technique |
PAINTED; PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL; GLAZED |
Height |
16.5 cm |
Width |
4.5 cm |
Depth |
3 cm |