id: 94243 accession number: 1914.718.135 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.718.135 updated: 2023-08-23 17:58:58.366000 Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh, 715–656 BC. Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 25. Terracotta; overall: 3.6 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm (1 7/16 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.718.135 title: Shawabty of Ditamenpaankh title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 715–656 BC creation date earliest: -715 creation date latest: -656 current location: creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 25 technique: terracotta department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Late Period type: Funerary Equipment find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 3.6 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm (1 7/16 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Probably Thebes. Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: High demand for shawabtys in the Late Period, a time when as many as 400 or more shawabtys were placed in the tomb with the deceased, gave rise to a specialized container for storing them: the shawabty box. This example is inscribed for the lady of the house, Ditamenpaankh, and was probably one of a pair originally made for her. The single-masted boat on the box's lid is perhaps an allusion to the pilgrimage of the deceased to the holy city of Abydos, the cult city of Osiris, king of the dead. The shawabtys inside are crude, mass-produced examples cast in an open mold. Made of terracotta, their blue paint imitates more costly shawabtys made of faience. As for the shawabty spell, it has been removed from its traditional location on the shawabty's front and relocated onto the sides of box, where it needed only to be written once, thus expediting production. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 448-9 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.718.135/1914.718.135_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.718.135/1914.718.135_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.718.135/1914.718.135_full.tif