Ushabti / Faience
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1971.02.0161
- Object Name
- Ushabti
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Shabti
- Materials
- Faience
- Weight
- 50.6g
- Completeness
- Root_node_for_object_completen
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Intact ushabti. Brown incrustation on left side of head and along rear pillar, some darkening in deep molded areas. Yellowed modern glue at rear of head. Turquoise blue glaze, darker color in low areas of relief. Male figure, standing on plain rectangular plinth with support pillar at back. Incised hieroglyphs in horizontal band across waist and vertical band from hips to feet. H. 0.111 m, W. 0.029 m, D. (base) 0.026 m. Faience (Rocks, Paper, Memory; Larson).
- Verbatim Date
- 1570-343 BC
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Ratté, Christopher
- Exhibition Year
- 2015
- Publication Title
- Napoleon’s legacy : the European exploration of Egypt. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology from September 26 to December 21, 1984.
- Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures
- Publication Author
- Ratte, Christopher, Artin, Wendy, Larson, Katherine A.
- Publication Year
- 1984
- 2015
- Class Title
- Archaeology and the Bible (W2023)
- Archaeology and the Bible (W2024)
- Class Instructor
- DeGrado, Jessie
- Class Department
- MIDEAST
- Class Number
- 343.001
- Class Year
- 2023
- 2024
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 1971.02.0161
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0161/dsc_5359.jpg
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- Full citation
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"Ushabti; Faience." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0161/dsc_5359.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
