id:			101376
accession number:	1920.1989
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2020-05-18 09:00:53.730000

Shawabty of Nectanebo II, 360-342 BC. Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II. Pale turquoise faience; overall: 19 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm (7 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1989

title:				Shawabty of Nectanebo II
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creation date:			360-342 BC
creation date earliest:		360
creation date latest:		342
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II
technique:	pale turquoise faience
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Late Period
type:		Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Overall: 19 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm (7 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/2 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 (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 1982, no. 8 (entry by Arielle P. Kozloff)<br><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

	Purchased from E.A. Abemayor, Cairo, through Howard Carter
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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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. T<em>he World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 7, fig. 8
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	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. 452; Mentioned: p. 452-3
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