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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Ushabti of Si-Eset
1250-1150 BCE (New Kingdom)
wood with blue and black paint
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This ushabti depicts a mummified figure with arms folded on the chest. The figure has long hair painted black, a hoe in the right hand, and a mattock in the left. There is an inscription on the front, incised, and filled with blue paint.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [from Upper Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.185