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Shawabty of Akhenaten

San Antonio Museum of Art, Bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
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Shawabty of Akhenaten

Place made:Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions:
h. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); w. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); d. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 2005.1.23
Provenance: with Lord Rea, Liverpool (according to 1993 Sotheby's catalogue); with Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York (according to 1993 Sotheby's catalogue); sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 12, 1993, lot 36 to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by bequest to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2005
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