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ushabti, funerary

human history
  • Description

    ushabti. Green faience ushabti. Brought back after World War I.

  • Associated Place

    Egypt

    Cairo/Lower Egypt/Egypt

  • Accession Number
    1982.275
  • Other Id

    50461.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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Images

  • ushabti, funerary, 1982.275, 50461.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 May 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • ushabti, funerary, 1982.275, 50461.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 May 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • ushabti, funerary, 1982.275, 50461.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 May 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • ushabti, funerary, 1982.275, 50461.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 May 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • ushabti, funerary, 1982.275, 50461.1, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 28 May 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1982.275, 50461.1
  • Cultural Origin

    Egyptian

  • Associated Notes

    Usbati collected by HL Seldon

    Dear Jess, These are a few curios dug up by me in the desert here. I can guarantee them to be some 2500 3000 years old. These were in a tomb some 20 feet under the ground in a portion of a desert once known as the City of Om. This City has not [been entered] ceased to exist since some 500 years later hence the age mentioned. Trusting they may be of interest to you. We leave for Turkey tomorrow.

    "Cairo 4/4/15 -

    Regards to all, Howard" [copy of letter held with W2626 - original in Library ?]

  • Associated Event
    WW1; 1914-1918
  • Associated Person

     L/Cpl Howard Lewis Seldon

  • Associated Place

    Egypt

    Cairo/Lower Egypt/Egypt

  • Associated Date
    1915
  • Media

    faience/composite material

  • Measurement Reading

    69mm

    23mm

    12mm

    9.9g

  • Subject Category

    soldier collectors/wars

  • Classification

    ushabti

    funerary sculpture

    sculpture

  • Last Update
    13 Feb 2024
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