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Faience shabti figure
Shabti, blue glazed, uninscribed. A shabti (shawabti or ushabti) is a small mummiform figure that was put in the tomb to 'answer the call' to perform tasks on behalf of the deceased such as tilling and irrigating the lands.
Height: 16.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1954)
by
Greg, Robert
Ptolemaic
-30
-
100
Accession number: E.339.1954
Primary reference Number: 62394
Oldadmincategory: SU
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities
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Accession Number: E.271.1939
Accession Number: E.272.1939
Accession Number: E.51.1932
Accession Number: E.1a.1896
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