Shawabty of Pinudjem I, High Priest of Amen and King
c. 990–969 BCE
- Medium
- bright blue faience with purple details
- Classification
- Funerary Equipment
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm (4 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasty 21
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Credit line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This small mummiform funerary figurine was a surrogate for the deceased that performed menial tasks for its owner in the afterlife. Mold-made and decorated with paint, this shawabty contains the name of a king within a cartouche. The vibrant blue color occurs during the firing process as a chemical reaction with the pigments in the faience paste, in this case added copper.
