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Ushabti figure

EGYPT
Ushabti figure
 664 BCE-332 BCE

Medium
faience

Measurements
14.5 × 4.0 × 2.6 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Accessioned, 1994

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Inscription
incised (vertically) c.: (hieroglyphs)

Accession Number
D259-1994

Department
Antiquities

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