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Ushabti
1550-1069 BCE (New Kingdom)
limestone with traces of red paint
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This carved and painted ushabti figure has long hair, necklaces, crossed arms and no tools. The tools may have originally been painted on. There is an inscription on the front of the skirt.
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]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.231