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MM 14709 :: Ushebti

Object description

An inscribed ushebti with a single vertical column in front. Clear blue glaze, black painted details, such as the inscription, mr-hoes, basket, eyes and wig. The ears are unusual as the prttrude and lie flat. Bag wig.

The inscription reads ‹zir it nTr n Imn Imn-m-ipt (mAa xrw).

Data elements
References (4)

MM 14709

E4709

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Place - Findspot

Probably from Thebes (?).

Material

Faience, blue; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik; Fajans; Fajans, blå

Acquisition

From the Rettig collection

Description

The inscription reads ‹zir it nTr n Imn Imn-m-ipt (mAa xrw).

Condition

Intact

Period

21st-22nd Dynasty (1081-725 BC), Third Intermediate Period

Period, Swedish

21-22a dynastin (1081-725 f Kr), Tredje intermediet

Name - Acquired from

Rettig, Nils (1892-10-18 - 1933-03-11), First Secretary

Description: Nils Rettig, born 1892, dead 11 March 1933.
Nils Robert Rettig was an official of the Swedish Foreign Office from 1920 to his death on 11 March 1933 in Egypt. He served in a number of countries with distinction, ending as First Secretary in the Swedish Legation in Cairo. He was interested in and bought antiquities from dealers in that city. A few of these were given by N. Rettig to the Egyptian Museum and the rest were acquired after his death from his brother Herbert Rettig.
Nils Rettig was the son of Hjalmar and Julia Rettig.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Name - Photographer

Kaneberg, Ove

Description: Ove Kaneberg, photographer at the The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 1995-2016.Ove%20Kaneberg%2C%20photographer%20at%20the%20The%20Museum%20of%20Mediterranean%20and%20Near%20Eastern%20Antiquities%2C%20Stockholm%2C%201995-2016.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se, collections.smvk.se, collections.smvk.se, digitaltmuseum.org
Source, Viaf - same as: viaf.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Medelhavsmuseet 2013

Description: Medelhavsmuseet 2013 represents pictures taken in 2013 by Ove Kaneberg, Karl Zetterström or Tony Sandin. In 2008 a new strategy of photographing objects started and this continued in 2013.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se

Comments

From the same workshop as MM14705, MME1986:5, MM14708(?).

Parallels

MM14711

Cf_Publications

Aubert & Aubert, Statuettes, 173 & pl. 41; Schneider, Shabtis, 4.3.1.4; Sotheby-Parke Bernet, Sale 3934, Dec. 11 1976, nr. 180; Christie´s New York, Feb. 25 1979, nr. 174, Sotheby-Psrke bernet, Dec. 11, 1980, 229

1616D-1617D

Thickness / Tjocklek

3,7 cm

Dimensions

L. 11.7 cm, W. 4.3 cm, T. 3.7 cm

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