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<em>Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru</em>, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru</em>, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru</em>, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru</em>, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru</em>, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

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Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
  • Place Found: Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1075-945 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY XXI Dynasty
    PERIOD Third Intermediate Period
    DIMENSIONS height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.181
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
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    CAPTION Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.181_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Bright blue faience Ushabti of Nesi-ta-neb-Ishru daughter of Pinezem II. Eight columns of painted inscription around lower part of body; painted flail grasped in each hand. Condition: Numerous defects in firing; glaze worn in spots on front of body; considerable incrustation. Inscription faint and difficult to read.
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    <em>Funerary Figurine of Nesi-ta-neb-ishru</em>, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, height: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); width at elbows: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.181_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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    Blue
    ca. 1075-945 B.C.E.
    Daughter of Pinezem I
    Deir el-Bahri
    Egypt
    Faience
    Flail
    Funerary figurine
    Inscription
    Nesi-ta-neb-Ishru
    Painted
    Shabti
    Shabty
    Shawabti
    Third Intermediate Period
    Ushabti
    Ushebti
    XXI Dynasty

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    Blue
    ca. 1075-945 B.C.E.
    Daughter of Pinezem I
    Deir el-Bahri
    Egypt
    Faience
    Flail
    Funerary figurine
    Inscription
    Nesi-ta-neb-Ishru
    Painted
    Shabti
    Shabty
    Shawabti
    Third Intermediate Period
    Ushabti
    Ushebti
    XXI Dynasty
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