The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 13, 2026

An off-white, gessoed wood box with a rectangular body and a vaulted lid features three rounded ribs spanning across the top. The surface is weathered with horizontal cracks and dark spots. Centered on the front, a yellow rectangular panel contains vertical columns of black Egyptian hieroglyphs. The bottom edges and corners are worn and chipped, revealing the wood beneath the white coating.

Shawabty Box of Bakenmut

1000–900 BCE

Egypt, Third Intermediate , Dynasties 21–22

(1069–715 BCE)
gessoed and painted buckthorn wood
Overall: 44.6 x 28 cm (17 9/16 x 11 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.719
Location: Not on view
  • Thebes, Deir el-Bahri (?). Purchased from Joseph Hassan Ahmed, Luxor, 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. 366; Mentioned: p. 366-367
  • CMA 1916, no. 7, p. 204 (as "BOX FOR TWO CANOPIC JARS."), pl. 340; Lawrence M. Berman, Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art, with Kenneth J. Bohac (Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999) cat. 278
  • {{cite web|title=Shawabty Box of Bakenmut|url=false|author=|year=1000–900 BCE|access-date=13 May 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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