id:			94017
accession number:	1914.588
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.588
updated:		2023-03-03 07:00:59.901000

Overseer Shawabty, 1069–945 BC. Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, probably late Dynasty 21. Turquoise faience with dark purple decoration; overall: 10.8 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm (4 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.588

title:				Overseer Shawabty
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creation date:			1069–945 BC
creation date earliest:		-1069
creation date latest:		-945
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, probably late Dynasty 21
technique:	turquoise faience with dark purple decoration
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Third Intermediate
type:		Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Overall: 10.8 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm (4 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience
	opening date:   1998-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1916, p. 208, no. 36<br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99).  "Gifts of the Nile:  Ancient Egyptian Faience," not in exh. cat.

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PROVENANCE

	Probably Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Bab el-Gasus tomb. Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 357; Mentioned: p. 357
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