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Shabti for Meretamon
Egypt
Third Intermediate Period , XX Dynasty, Cache II Deir el-Bahari, 1069-945 BC
Blue faience with black inscription
Height 13 cm ( 5 1⁄8 in )
Emil Brugsch, Bulaq Museum 1894; acquired by the Drexel Institute, Philadelphia; acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1916; acquired by Blumka Superior Galleries, LA in 1958; acquired from the above by Dr. W. Harer Los Angeles, USA in March 1975
Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895-1914; Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1915-1958; LACMA, 1986-1991; Temple, Tomb and Dwelling at San Bernardino County Museum and Cal State, 1992-1993; University of Arizona, Tucson 1993; CSUSB periodically 1994-2023
G. Daressy: Les cerceuils des prêtres d’Amon, ASAE 8, Le Caire 1907
L. Aubert: Les Statuettes de la deuxième Cachette Deir el-Bahari, Editions Cybèle, Paris 1998 : no. 16, p. 68
H. Ranke: Die Ägyptischen Personennamen, Glückstadt 1935, Band I 158-15, Ranke II, p. 362
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Meretamon has her arms crossed right over left on the chest with her hands protruding from the wrappings. Each hand holds a hoe; a seed bag is carried on her back. Her round face is framed by a smooth tripartite wig. Big round eyes with arched eyebrows, and a tied headband, are outlined in black. A short vertical hieroglyphic inscription painted on her legs, gives the name of the deceased: ‘Osiris Meretamon, justified’.
Meretamon, “beloved of Amon”, is daughter of Menkhepere and Isetemkhebit, half-sister of Pinedjem II. According to Aston her burial dates to 990-970 BC.
A museum’s collection number 16.383 is painted on the back.
