Shabti of Wehemmesut (

Shabti of Wehemmesut

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

Bibliography•Margaret Murray, National Museum of Science and Art, General Guide III. Egyptian Antiquities, Dublin 1910, p. 22.

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