Object Details
- Collector
- Joseph Hirshhorn
- Donor Name
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- Site Name
- Deir El-Medina
- PAINTED LIMESTONE FIGURE; CROSSED ARMS; STANDING; HEADRESS AND GOWN WITH HIEROGLYPHICS. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
- Deir El-Medina worker's shabti - uses title for artisans "Sejem ash." Worker's name "Amen-em-inet." Associated with model coffin # 553173. Painted.
- 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.
- Record Last Modified
- 31 Jul 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian, New Kingdom Period, Dynasty XIX
- Accession Date
- 28 Aug 1992
- Accession Number
- 370312
- USNM Number
- A553172-0
- Object Type
- Figurine
- Length - Object
- 25 cm
- Width - Object
- 6 cm
- Depth - Object
- 4 cm
- Place
- Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8503988
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39f7e5663-3365-4a2f-975e-93ed1c03aaa8
