<em>Shabty of Princess Muthotep</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 3 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. (9.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.205E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.205E-.208E_front_PS2.jpg)

Shabty of Princess Muthotep, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 3 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. (9.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.205E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.205E-.208E_front_PS2.jpg)

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Shabty of Princess Muthotep

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

The four faience shabties of Princess Muthotep show how some members of the royal family in the Twenty-second Dynasty adopted a practice formerly restricted to the less wealthy. Faience had become so closely associated with shabty manufacture that even a princess wanted shabties in this less expensive material.

MEDIUM Faience

Reportedly From: Thebes, Egypt

DATES ca. 945–712 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 22

PERIOD Third Intermediate Period

DIMENSIONS 3 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. (9.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.205E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION [One of] four white glazed faience mummiform ushabtis of the Mistress of the House, Songstress of Amun, Muthotep. Belong with 37.137E and 37.139E.

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To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Shabty of Princess Muthotep, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 3 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. (9.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.205E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.205E-.208E_front_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE 37.205E-.208E_front_PS2.jpg.

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