shabti- head

Fragment of the head and shoulders of a female (?) shabti

Only the head and shoulders are preserved. The head wears a plain wig. The chest and shoulders are flat, while the back is rounded. The details of the face, eyes, eyebrows and mouth are very finely executed.

LATE PERIOD: 26TH DYNASTY

C.W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Catalogus eener verzameling Egyptische, Grieksche, Romeinsche en andere oudheden, 1909, 57 (nr. 21)

H.D. Schneider, Shabtis I, 1977, 159ff.

W.M. van Haarlem, CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. II, vol. 2, 1990, 161-162

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM

Inventory number: APM 173

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