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Egyptian Shabti Figurine

This shabti is from the tomb of pharaoh Seti I. This particular object started its journey to  becoming part of the collection at Leeds Museums and Galleries through explorer Amelia Edwards who co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund (now the Egypt Exploration Society)

 

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