Shabti box of the lady Nehemsbast

Shabti box of the lady Nehemsbast

Characteristic shabti box of the Late Period, painted with figures and hieroglyphs naming the owner. It contains faience shabti of the same date and probably therefore original to the burial.This is one of the antiquities acquired by Lady Harriet Kavanagh, a remarkable traveller to Egypt in the 1840s. Her collection of over three hundred items forms an important part of the National Museum's Egyptian holdings. Thanks to her diaries, in the possession of the family, this is a well-documented example of European travel to Egypt before the establishment of archaeological recording in the late nineteenth century.

Present location NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number L1030:120

Dating 25TH DYNASTY AND CONTEMPORARIES

Archaeological Site THEBES: WEST BANK

Category SHABTI BOX

Material WOOD; FAIENCE

Technique PAINTED

Height 36 cm

Width 25 cm

Depth 5.5 cm

Translation

singer of the Interior of the Amun Domain Nehmesbast

Bibliography•Unpublished.

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