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<em>Shabty of Queen Karamama</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_front.JPG)
Shabty of Queen Karamama, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_front.JPG)
<em>Shabty of Queen Karamama</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_front.JPG)

Shabty of Queen Karamama, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_front.JPG)

<em>Shabty of Queen Karamama</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_back.JPG)

Shabty of Queen Karamama, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_back.JPG)

<em>Shabty of Queen Karamama</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_right.JPG)

Shabty of Queen Karamama, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_right.JPG)

<em>Shabty of Queen Karamama</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_left.JPG)

Shabty of Queen Karamama, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_left.JPG)

<em>Shabty of Queen Karamama</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.210E_NegID_37.210E_GRPA_bw_cropped.jpg)

Shabty of Queen Karamama, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.210E_NegID_37.210E_GRPA_bw_cropped.jpg)

<em>Shabty of Queen Karamama</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.210E_37.213E_37.214E_37.216E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Shabty of Queen Karamama, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.210E_37.213E_37.214E_37.216E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Shabty of Queen Karamama</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.213E_37.214E_37.216E_37.210E_NegID_37.210E_GRPA_bw.jpg)

Shabty of Queen Karamama, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.213E_37.214E_37.216E_37.210E_NegID_37.210E_GRPA_bw.jpg)

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Shabty of Queen Karamama

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
  • Possible Place Made: Thebes, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 945–712 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 22
    PERIOD Third Intermediate Period
    DIMENSIONS 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.210E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Mummiform ushabti of Queen Keromama. She wears a bag wig with uraeus. Her hands join without crossing on her chest, holding hoes. Hands, fingers, and forearms are indicated in relief. A fillet-band is painted around wig, showing at back the tie and free ends. There is a single column of inscription down the front. Condition: Overall quality is poor, showing crude workmanship. The facial features are poorly indicated.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Shabty of Queen Karamama, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_front.JPG)
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    <em>Shabty of Queen Karamama</em>, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Faience, 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (14 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.210E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.210E_front.JPG)

    TAGS

    Egyptian
    Keromama
    shabti
    ushabti
    shawabti
    Third Intermediate Period
    Dynasty XXII
    Dynasty 22
    Twenty-Second Dynasty
    faience
    blue
    green
    inscription
    hieroglyphs
    New York Historic Society Collection
    new york historical society collection
    Egypt
    earlier ushebtis

    TAGS

    Egyptian
    Keromama
    shabti
    ushabti
    shawabti
    Third Intermediate Period
    Dynasty XXII
    Dynasty 22
    Twenty-Second Dynasty
    faience
    blue
    green
    inscription
    hieroglyphs
    New York Historic Society Collection
    new york historical society collection
    Egypt
    earlier ushebtis

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