Shabti for Semity

Shabti for Semity

Hardwood mummiform figure with large head and wide face with large ears. The crossed arms are only slightly free of the body. The fists are visible but hold no tools. Eyes and brows were painted black. On the front are four carved lines of hieroglyphs. The layout suggests that the shabti was kept in its own coffin. The fine modelling of the figure and the shape of the hieroglyphs are reminiscent of the tradition of the Middle Kingdom.

17TH /18thDYNASTY

source: globalegyptianmuseum

KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM

Inventory number 898

Reiser-Haslauer, E., Uschebti, Teil I. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum (CAA) Wien 5 (1990) 42-45.