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Source Description
During the New Kingdom, ushabti figures were often placed in a painted wooden box shaped like a shrine. Only the sides of this box are preserved, and it may have held a number of ushabti figures or a set of canopic jars. The deities associated with death and the afterlife are represented on the box's panels. There is the figure of a jackal on top of a shrine, which represents the embalming god Anubis. Isis and Nephthys flank the large symbol of Osiris and the four sons of Horus. All of the inscriptions are related to the god Osiris.
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Document identity
localId
2451
label
Box for Ushabtis or Canopic Jars
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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6
Source metadata
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2451
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box for Ushabtis or Canopic Jars
description
During the New Kingdom, ushabti figures were often placed in a painted wooden box shaped like a shrine. Only the sides of this box are preserved, and it may have held a number of ushabti figures or a set of canopic jars. The deities associated with death and the afterlife are represented on the box's panels. There is the figure of a jackal on top of a shrine, which represents the embalming god Anubis. Isis and Nephthys flank the large symbol of Osiris and the four sons of Horus. All of the inscriptions are related to the god Osiris.
provenance
Dr. J. Beekmans, Holland; Robert T. Clough, Keighley, Yorkshire; Walters Art Museum, 1965, by purchase.
date
ca. 850-700 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Wood
boxes (containers)
imageCount
6
pageCount
6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
41
height
27
depth
20
dimensionsRaw
16 1/8 x 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (41 x 27 x 20 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
22nd-25th Dynasty
med
wood with paint
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
2507
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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