The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 16, 2026

A figurine glazed in bright turquoise blue depicts a human figure with arms crossed over its chest and legs joined. A striped wig covers the head and shoulders, framing a face with simplified features. Dark purple markings decorate the wig and sides of the torso, while a vertical column of symbols, a form of pictorial writing, is painted in dark purple down the center of the lower body.

Shawabty of Payefadjer

1000–956 BCE

Egypt, Third Intermediate , Dynasty 21

(1069–715 BCE)
turquoise faience with purple decoration
Overall: 9.2 x 4.1 x 2.4 cm (3 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 15/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.583
Location: Not on view
  • Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Bab el-Gasus tomb. Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 358, Color p. 62; Mentioned: p. 358
  • {{cite web|title=Shawabty of Payefadjer|url=false|author=|year=1000–956 BCE|access-date=16 April 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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