This is a fragment of the lower legs and feet with the ends of the feet chipped off. The fragmentary text written in black in one vertical column down the front of the figure is illegible. An ancient Egyptian shawabty is a funerary figurine that was intended to magically animate in the...
Provenance
From Giza, Pit G 7813 T, room II, debris. 1931: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Egyptian, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–24, 1070–712 B.C.
Findspot
Giza, Egypt
Dimensions
Overall: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
31.1999
Medium or Technique
Faience