Shabti of the Commander of the Royal Fleet Tjanenhebu

Shabti of the Commander of the Royal Fleet Tjanenhebu

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is one of six shabtis in the Museum's collection inscribed for the Overseer of the Royal Ships, Tjanenhebu. For the other examples, see 10.130.1047b–d; 26.6.1, 26.6.2.

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.