
Sujet
A faience shabti and overseer shabti from the burial of King Siamun
Légende
A faience shabti and overseer shabti from the burial of King Siamun, Shabti worked in place of the deceased in the land of the dead. In the 3rd Intermediate Period it was the custom to have 365 shabti, one for each day of the year, plus an overseer shabti for each ten workers. Egypt. Pharaonic, 3rd Intermediate period. 21st Dynasty, 978 959 BC. Tanis.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A20_144
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
33,0Mo (2,1Mo) / 32,9cm x 25,1cm / 3881 x 2970 (300dpi)