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Box for Shabties Third Intermediate PeriodThebes

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1524E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1524E
Find spot: Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21 to Dynasty 22
Date: ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.
Date range: 1075 BCE – 656 BCE
Materials: ['Wood', 'pigment']
Height: 42.8 cm
Width: 51.7 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Box for Shabties (37.1524E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/19018

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Object Label: The box inscribed for a priest named Ankhef[en]khons once contained small figurines, known as shabties. These figurines (on view in the nearby gallery) were intended to perform tasks for the deceased in the afterlife. Because the number of shabties in a tomb could reach into the hundreds, the figurines were commonly deposited in shrine-shaped containers, such as this one. Caption: Box for Shabties, ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment , 16 7/8 x 20 3/8 x 13 in. (42.8 x 51.7 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1524E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Thebes

Deities Khonsu

Materials Wood

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BKM-Accession 37.1524E tier-2
BKM-Object 118052 tier-2

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