AMICA ID:
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MMA_.30.8.57
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Nationality:
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African; North African; Egyptian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Egyptian
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Title:
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Shawabti of Yuya
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1391-53 B.C.E.
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Creation Start Date:
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-1391
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Creation End Date:
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-53
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Materials and Techniques:
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Painted cedar
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Dimensions:
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Unmeasured
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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30.8.57
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Credit Line:
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Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
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Rights:
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Context:
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As the parents of Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III, Yuya and Tchuya were granted burial in the Valley of the Kings. They were provided with funerary equipment from the finest royal workshops, as demonstrated by this superbly carved shawabti on which even the knees are subtly indicated. The text on these mummiform figurines states that the shawabti will substitute for the spirit in any obligatory tasks it is called upon to perform in the afterlife. |
Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.eg30.8.57.R.tif
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