Title
Shabti figure of King Taharqa, holding a hoe and a cord that passes over his shoulder
Caption
Shabti figure of King Taharqa, holding a hoe and a cord that passes over his shoulder, Shawabtys were funeral figures which were thought to replace the deceased in the agricultural work of the afterlife. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. 3rd Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, 690 664 BC. Nuri, Pyramid of Taharqa.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Date
Jul 27, 2010
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A22_170
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
36,3Mb (829,3Kb) / 10,2in x 13,8in / 3070 x 4134 (300dpi)