Shabti, with text
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
Probably Dynasty 22 (945-730 BCE)
Faience with manganese glaze
Overall: 5 × 1 9/16 × 1 1/4 in. (12.7 × 4 × 3.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.25998
Geography
Place Made: possibly Thebes, Thebes, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Collector’s label: Egyptian ushabti. Blue glaze. 1500 years B.C. D. Hilton Price collection (AJ)
Course History
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
Egyptian Antiquities at Dartmouth, Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 12, 2011-August 13, 2012.
Provenance
Frederick George Hilton Price (1842-1909) Collection; to Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1920's-1930's; bequeathed to to his daughter Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu