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Shawabty of Nectanebo II
360–342 BCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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- Title: Shawabty of Nectanebo II
- Date Created: 360–342 BCE
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 19 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm (7 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: E.A. Abemayor, Cairo, Egypt, through Howard Carter, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Funerary Equipment
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1989
- Medium: pale turquoise faience
- Fun Fact: Nectanebo II is the last Egyptian native to be pharaoh. This small statuette has idealized facial features and bears an inscription on the lower half that contains a wish for the afterlife.
- Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Culture: Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Collection: Egypt - Late Period
- Accession Number: 1920.1989
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