COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1892.28
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AIC_.1892.28
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
African; North African; Egyptian
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African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Egyptian
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Egyptian
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Shawabty of Nebseni
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Shawabty of Nebseni
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
front view
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front view
View
false
Creation Date:
New Kingdom, early Dynasty 18, c. 1570 B.C.
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New Kingdom, early Dynasty 18, c. 1570 B.C.
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-1575
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-1575
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-1565
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-1565
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Wood (tamarisk), pigment
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Wood (tamarisk), pigment
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Shawabty
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Shawabty
Classification Term
false
Subject Description:
A shawabty (also called a ushebti or shabti) is a mummiform statuette that was thought to be able to serve the deceased in the afterlife. Here, the simplified rendering of the human figure represents the body of Nebseni in his mummy wrappings. This representation, as well as the presence of the false beard, stresses Nebseni's association with the god Osiris, the principal deity of the afterlife. The finely incised and pigment-filled inscription is a version of chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. Suppliesof these funerary figures were placed in tombs, often as many as one for each day of the year, along with a group of thirty-six overseers. Many shawabty statuettes are supplied with representations of seed baskets, picks, and hoes with which to accomplish their duties.
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A shawabty (also called a ushebti or shabti) is a mummiform statuette that was thought to be able to serve the deceased in the afterlife. Here, the simplified rendering of the human figure represents the body of Nebseni in his mummy wrappings. This representation, as well as the presence of the false beard, stresses Nebseni's association with the god Osiris, the principal deity of the afterlife. The finely incised and pigment-filled inscription is a version of chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. Suppliesof these funerary figures were placed in tombs, often as many as one for each day of the year, along with a group of thirty-six overseers. Many shawabty statuettes are supplied with representations of seed baskets, picks, and hoes with which to accomplish their duties.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
H.: 28.2 cm (10-3/4 in.); W.: 8.2 cm (3-1/4 in.)
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H.: 28.2 cm (10-3/4 in.); W.: 8.2 cm (3-1/4 in.)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1892.28
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1892.28
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
Inscription: O [thou] ushabti whom N. has instructed, lo, obstacles have been set up for him yonder. If (N.) is counted off for any work that is to be done in the god's domain, as a man to his duties,to cultivate the fields, to irrigate the shores, to transport sand of the east (and) of the west, 'Here am I' shalt [tyou] say.The inscription indicates that Nebseni served as a scribe for a woman who held the title 'God Wife,' the rank of a priestess who was considered to be married to the god she served.
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Inscription: O [thou] ushabti whom N. has instructed, lo, obstacles have been set up for him yonder. If (N.) is counted off for any work that is to be done in the god's domain, as a man to his duties,to cultivate the fields, to irrigate the shores, to transport sand of the east (and) of the west, 'Here am I' shalt [tyou] say.The inscription indicates that Nebseni served as a scribe for a woman who held the title 'God Wife,' the rank of a priestess who was considered to be married to the god she served.
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Shawabtys appeared in Dynasty 13 (c. 1784 B.C.), and they continued to be a feature of mortuary furnishings through the Ptolemaic era.
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Shawabtys appeared in Dynasty 13 (c. 1784 B.C.), and they continued to be a feature of mortuary furnishings through the Ptolemaic era.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E28466.TIF
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AIC_.E28466.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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