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Shabti of Shepenbastet

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Shepenbastet's shabti, found in Herakleopolis Magna, in the Third Intermediate Period necropolis. Its typology points to a workshop located in the town, producing its own designs all through this period. The figure is mummiform, wears a short wig, a band around his forehead and the two hands together over the chest, holding agricultural utensils.

Present location

MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL [21/007] MADRID

Inventory number

1976/114/c/249

Dating

22ND DYNASTY (not before); 3RD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD; 25TH DYNASTY AND CONTEMPORARIES (not after)

Archaeological Site

IHNASIYA EL-MADINA/HERAKLEOPOLIS

Category

SHABTI

Material

FAIENCE

Technique

FAYENCE; GLAZED

Height

10.1 cm

Width

3.3 cm

Depth

2.1 cm

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