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Shabti box: E.91.1896

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Description

Wooden shabti box, undecorated, with ordinary shabtis and overseer shabtis (E.92a-b.1896) buried with Nakhtefmut

Measurements and weight

Depth: 14.7 cm
Height: 25 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Relative size of this object

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1896)

Dating

Twenty-second Dynasty
Third Intermediate period
Reign of Osorkon I
-0945 BC - -0715 BC

Materials used in production

Wood

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.91.1896
Primary reference Number: 49501

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Shabti box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49501 Accessed: 2022-12-06 17:49:28

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