M0006286: Egyptian ushabti box

Date:
May 1939
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/52/67
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Credit

M0006286: Egyptian ushabti box. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Egypt, Ushabti box.

Description

Photograph of a carved ushabti (shabti) box. These were placed in tombs and the figurine carved on top would act as servants for the deceased in the afterlife. The item is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

May 1939

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

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