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A faience overseer shabti from the burial of Takeloth, found in the tomb of his father Prince Shoshenq, priest of Ptah at Memphis
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A faience overseer shabti from the burial of Takeloth, found in the tomb of his father Prince Shoshenq, priest of Ptah at Memphis, 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, plus an overseer for each ten workers. Egypt. Pharaonic, 3rd Intermediate period. 22nd Dynasty, c 825 BC. Memphis, Temple of Ptah.
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Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A20_146
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Non
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Droits gérés
Format disponible
32,9Mo (1,3Mo) / 25,1cm x 32,8cm / 2970 x 3876 (300dpi)