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Shabti of Amenhotep
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Shabti of Amenhotep

Artist Unidentified
Period New Kingdom Period (Ancient Egyptian, 1550–1070 BCE)
Dynasty Dynasty 19 (Ancient Egyptian, 1295–1186 BCE)
Dynasty Dynasty 20 (Ancient Egyptian, 1186–1070 BCE)
Place of OriginEgypt
Date19th–20th Dynasties (1292–1077 BCE)
Dimensions7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Mediumpolychromed wood
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1906.36
Not on View
Label TextThis intricately painted shabti figure—a funerary servant designed to perform labor on behalf of the deceased in the afterlife—is inscribed with the name and title: "To light the deceased, Administrator to the house of adoration, Amenhotep, just of voice."Exhibition History"Hands On Egypt" TMA interactive family gallery, Gallery 3, Sept. 18, 1998 - Aug. 31, 2000, made possible by a grant from the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Mummies: From Egypt to Toledo, February 3- May 6, 2018.

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