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Ushabti figure

Egyptian, 3000 BCE - 395 CE

Late Period to Ptolemaic, 712 - 332 BCE

1995-227

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Title

Ushabti figure

Medium

Faience

Dimensions

8.5 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3/4 x 5/8 in.) base: 2.1 x 4.1 x 4.2 cm (13/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Elliott M. Sanger and Kenneth E. Sanger in memory of Edward Naumburg Jr., Class of 1924

Object Number

1995-227

Culture

Egyptian (ancient)

Period

Late period (Egyptian)

Type

funerary objects, ushabti

Materials

faience

Subject

figures (representations), hieroglyphics

Formerly in the collection of Edward S. Naumburg, Jr. '24; given to the Museum in 1995 by Elliott M. Sanger and Kenneth E. Sanger

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1995," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 56, no. 1/2 (1997): p. 36-74., p. 68 (illus.)

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Egyptian (3000 BCE - 395 CE), Late Period to Ptolemaic (712 - 332 BCE), Ushabti figure. Faience; 8.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm, 2.1 x 4.1 x 4.2 cm (base). Gift of Elliott M. Sanger and Kenneth E. Sanger in memory of Edward Naumburg Jr., Class of 1924 (1995-227) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/3465

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