Shabti Box of Yuya, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390–1352 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of

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Shabti Box of Yuya, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390–1352 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV 46), Davis/Quibell & Weigall excavations, 1905, Painted wood, H. cm (14 in.); w. cm (5 11/16 in.), This painted shabti box is inscribed for a man named Yuya whose daughter, Tiye became the principal queen of Amenhotep III. Although not of royal lineage, as in-laws of the king, Yuya and his wife Tjuyu were given a sumptuous burial in the royal cemetery now known as the Valley of the Kings

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