Shabty of Nesi-ta-nebet-Isheru, Daughter of Pinedjem II
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Shabties were included in tombs to perform agricultural work in place of the deceased in the afterlife. Many of them are inscribed with Chapter 6 of The Book of the Dead, which says they will dig irrigation ditches, cultivate crops, and carry sand. Others only bear the name and title of the owner. The earlier examples included here are inscribed in ink while in the later examples the text is part of the mold, which clearly saved labor. Shabties and scarabs, beetle-shaped amulets associated with rebirth and the sun god, are the most common Egyptian antiquities to survive to modern times.
ca. 1075-945 B.C.E.
Third Intermediate Period
5 13/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (14.7 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm) (show scale)
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Shabty of Nesi-ta-nebet-Isheru, Daughter of Pinedjem II, ca. 1075-945 B.C.E. Faience, 5 13/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (14.7 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.183. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.183_front_PS2.jpg)
front, 16.183_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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Light blue faience Ushabti of Nesi-ta-neb-Ishru daughter of Pinezem II. Seven columns of painted inscription around lower part of body. Painted flail grasped in each hand.
Condition: Feet slightly chipped. Glaze slightly worn in spots; otherwise good.
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