Caption

Queen Maatkare's shabti, Divine Wife of Amun, cartouches, hieroglyphs, uraeus iconographic, Maatkare ca. 1069–945 BC, wigs, funerary figurine, grave good, mummy-shaped figurine. Arms crossed on the chest, the right folded over the left, holding hoes in each hand. On the back is a basket, slung on strings over both shoulders. Facial details, wig, and tools painted in a dark color. Three-part smooth wig with a uraeus above the forehead; bracelets on the wrists. Painted inscription on the front of the legs in one wide column framed with lines: Shd Osiris, the wife of the god, the lord of both lands, Maat-ka-re. Third Intermediate Period; 21st Dynasty, Egypt. Shabti; height 12 cm, width 4.4 cm., A small upright figurine shown in profile with a smooth blue body and darker blue to black hair that falls down the back; the figure's arms appear folded across the chest and the surface shows mottled blue tones with a few darker speckles and slight worn areas; the background is a uniform light gray and there is a subtle gray shadow beneath the figure.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A02_413

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62.8Mb (776.2Kb) / 12.2in x 20.0in / 3656 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Queen Maatkare's shabti Divine Wife Amun cartouches hieroglyphs uraeus iconographic Maatkare ca 1069–945 Bc wigs funerary figurine grave good mummy-shaped figurine Arms crossed chest right folded left holding hoes hand back basket slung strings shoulders Facial details wig tools painted dark color Three-part smooth wig uraeus forehead bracelets wrists Painted inscription front legs wide column framed lines Shd Osiris wife god lord lands Maat-ka-re Third Intermediate Period 21st Dynasty Egypt Shabti height 12 cm width 4.4 cm small upright figurine shown profile smooth blue body darker blue black hair falls down figure's arms folded across surface mottled blue tones darker speckles slight worn areas background uniform light gray subtle gray shadow beneath figure.