Shabti of a Songstress of Amun
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
probably Dynasty 22 (945-710 BCE)
Faience, copper and manganese glaze
Overall: 3 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/8 in. (9.5 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lawrence Herbert Hayward, Class of 1916
41.46.7656
Geography
Place Made: possibly Thebes, Thebes, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Text: Owner a Songstress of Amun, perhaps named Nebet-tawy; Amun may be termed ‘King of the gods’
Course History
ANTH 12.5, Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Virginia Herrmann, Winter 2014
ANTH 12.5, Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Virginia Herrmann, Winter 2014
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
Provenance
Lawrence Herbert Hayward (Class of 1916, 1893-1956), Rye Beach, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1941.
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