Overseer shabti
- Accession Number
- W378
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Shabtis case
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Shabti
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Material
- Wood
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Measurements
- Length 215mm | Width 69mm | Depth: 50mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
- Description
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A wooden overseer shabti, as indicated by the kilt, dating to the New Kingdom (the kilt length is typical of the Nineteenth Dynasty. There would have been a group of nine worker shabtis with one overseer. The figure has black hair, a red face and hands, and black hieroglyphs down the centre. There are traces of a yellow glaze. The inscription reads: "Scribe of Divine Offerings of the House of Amun Ptahhotep". This figure is the same as W379. The shabti box for these shabtis is in Birmingham Museum. They are from the Frankland Hood collection sold in 1924. Most of the Hood items were, according to the sale catalogue, from the Theban area.
- Audio
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- Wellcome Number
- A30991
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Inscription
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sẖꜣw-ḥtp-nṯr-n-pr-i͗mn ptḥ-ḥtp mꜣꜥ-ḫrw Scribe of the Divine Offering in the House of Amun, Ptahhotep, true of voice.
- Language
- Egyptian
- Script
- Hieroglyphic
- Personal Name
- Ptahhotep (ptḥ-ḥtp)
- Last modified: 10 Mar 2022