Shabti box: E.25.1887

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Current Location: In storage

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Shabti box

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Description

Shabti box, inscribed for Pasherienusiraa, decorated with a boat on lid

Measurements and weight

Height: 29.5 cm
Length: 29.00 cm
Width: 16.00 cm

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Find spot

Thebes (Egypt)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1887) by Budge, Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis

Dating

Twenty-fifth Dynasty
Kushite
-745 - -664

Materials used in production

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Death on the Nile: Uncovering the Afterlife of Ancient Egypt

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.25.1887
Primary reference Number: 49110
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 24 August 2018

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Shabti box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49110 Accessed: 2023-05-31 05:59:21

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            University of Cambridge}}

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