Shabty of Nesi-ta-nebet-Isheru, Daughter of Pinedjem II
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Object Label
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.
Caption
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)
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Title
Shabty of Nesi-ta-nebet-Isheru, Daughter of Pinedjem II
Date
ca. 1075–945 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 21
Period
Third Intermediate Period
Geography
Reportedly from: Thebes (Deir el-Bahri), Egypt
Medium
Faience
Classification
Dimensions
5 13/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (14.7 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
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
Accession Number
16.183
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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