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Shawabty fragment
Shawabty fragment

Shawabty fragment

760–660 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueSerpentinite
DimensionsHeight x width: 9.8 x 5.7 cm (3 7/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.746
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way. (Accession date: June 28, 1872)