Funerary statuette (shabti)

 

Overseer shabti with its bent left arm holding a whip, the right arm is pendant. The large sleeves end at the elbows. It has a valenced wig. The uncovered feet are on a pedestal. The details are in black: wig stripes, eyes, nipples, and column of hieroglyphs down the front.

Present location	MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARQUEOLOGIA [46/003] LISBON
Inventory number	E 404 (n. cat. 116)
Dating	HIGH-PRIESTS AND PRIEST-KINGS OF THEBES
Archaeological Site	DEIR EL-BAHARI
Category	SHABTI
Material	FAIENCE
Technique	FAYENCE
Height	11 cm
Width	4.5 cm

Translation

The enlightened one, the Osiris Tentwedjat.

Bibliography

• Antiguidades Egípcias I, Lisboa, 1993

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