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Source Description
This figure has long hair painted black. The eyes are also black. In the right hand is a hoe, and in the left is a mattock. Behind each shoulder is a sack. The inscription claims the piece is made for "the scribe, Nwfy." Then follows the regular ushabti formula.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
158
label
Ushabti
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
158
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Ushabti
description
This figure has long hair painted black. The eyes are also black. In the right hand is a hoe, and in the left is a mattock. Behind each shoulder is a sack. The inscription claims the piece is made for "the scribe, Nwfy." Then follows the regular ushabti formula.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1550-1069 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
ushabti
figurines
statuettes
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] the scribe
Nwfy...
med
gray stone with black and red paint
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
612123fc4fe1ff35