Shawabty of Nectanebo II

360–342 BCE

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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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