Ushabti: High Priest of Paynudjem I
Ushabti: High Priest of Paynudjem I

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Ushabti: High Priest of Paynudjem I,

ca. 1000 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1550–1070 BCE
y1961-114

Information

Title
Ushabti: High Priest of Paynudjem I
Dates

ca. 1000 BCE

Medium
Faience
Dimensions
16.7 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm (6 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Mayer
Object Number
y1961-114
Place Excavated

Africa, Egypt, Deir al Bahri

Inscription
shd Wsir hm-ntr tpy m ilmn Pzmolm mz'-hrw "The Illuminated One, the Osiris high priest of Amon, Paynudjem I, the justified." The high priest PAYNUDJEM I claimed to be king during certain times of his pontificate. [read by Briant Bohleke, University of Chicago, 8/25/00].
Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Period
Twenty-first Dynasty
Type
ushabti, faience, funerary objects
Materials
faience
Subject
flails, priests, figures (representations), hieroglyphics

Discovered in the Deir el-Bahari cache in the late 19th century; given to the Museum by Horace Mayer in 1961

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