Shabti Box

Shabti Box

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This shabti box appears to have been made for the burial of a woman, judging from the image on the front. The lid, which is inscribed for a Singer of Thoth named Miya, is from another box.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.