Model Basket for a Shabti ca. 1390–1352 New Kingdom The tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV 46 in the Valley of the Kings ) was excavated in February 1905 by American financier Theodore M. Davis of Rhode Island. In the division of finds, Davies received two large, sealed storage jars, a pair of sandals, two shabti boxes, three superbly crafted shabtis, and a group of shabti tools including a yoke and baskets, and a hoe. Some of these pieces were given to The Met not long after the tomb was discovered. The others were bequeathed to the Museum after Davis died in Kingdom shabtis are often r
Model Basket for a Shabti ca. 1390–1352 New Kingdom The tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV 46 in the Valley of the Kings ) was excavated in February 1905 by American financier Theodore M. Davis of Rhode Island. In the division of finds, Davies received two large, sealed storage jars, a pair of sandals, two shabti boxes, three superbly crafted shabtis, and a group of shabti tools including a yoke and baskets, and a hoe. Some of these pieces were given to The Met not long after the tomb was discovered. The others were bequeathed to the Museum after Davis died in Kingdom shabtis are often represented holding a pick and a hoe and have one or two baskets represented hanging down their backs. Sometimes, however, actual model tools, like those from Yuya and Tjuyu's tomb, were provided for the shabtis Model Basket for a Shabti. ca. 1390–1352 Bronze or copper alloy. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV 46), Davis/Quibell & Weigall excavations, 1905. Dynasty 18
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