Overseer shabti
- Accession Number
- W379
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Shabtis case
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Shabti
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Material
- Wood
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Measurements
- Height: 207mm | Width: 60mm | Depth: 48mm
- 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 W378. 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.
- Bibliography
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Anonymous. 1996. The face of Egypt: Swansea Festival exhibition: 5 October 1996–5 January 1997. Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. [Cat. 151]
- Audio
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- 3D Model
- Wellcome Number
- A30993
- 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 Jan 2023