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Shabti box: E.25.1887

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Current Location: In storage

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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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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

Wood

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.25.1887
Primary reference Number: 49110
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 24 August 2018 Last processed: Thursday 8 April 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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