Shabti of the God's Wife Maatkare

Third Intermediate Period
ca. 1070–1032 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

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  • Title: Shabti of the God's Wife Maatkare
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 21
  • Reign: reign of High Priest Painedjem I
  • Date: ca. 1070–1032 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valleys south of Deir el-Bahri, Valley of the Cachette, First Royal Cache (TT 320), Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1881
  • Medium: Faience
  • Dimensions: H. 12.1 × W. 4.2 × D. 2.5 cm (4 3/4 × 1 5/8 × 1 in.)
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.194.2405
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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