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Shabtis and model coffin

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Postcard of Shabtis and model coffin.
000-190-004-205-C
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Shabtis and model coffin

A shabti is a model of a servant, buried with an ancient Egyptian in order to perform menial tasks in the Afterlife on behalf of the deceased. These 16 ceramic shabtis were placed in the painted wooden model coffin and buried sometime in the Late Period (between 664 and 337 BC).

The shabtis were made in a pottery mould and then painted. The rectangular shabti box is covered with gesso and painted around its middle perimeter with a hieroglyphic inscription about the owner, PediIset. The lid has a picture of a ship painted on it.

Some wealthy Egyptians were buried with a shabti for each day of the year. Overseer shabtis with whips are also sometimes found.


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Online ID: 000-190-004-205-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1972.30
Date: Late Period
Late Period
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Late Period (between 664 and 337 BC)
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Dimensions: 240 mm x 260 mm x 127 mm
260 mm x 195 mm x 130 mm
65 mm av H
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What: Box lid, shabti
Box, shabti
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Subject: Shabtis
Shabtis
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Im-Het / shabti boxes
Who: Amun
Pedi-Iset, Priest of Amun (Owner)
Pedi-Isit
Pedi-Isit
Pedi-Isit
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Re-Herakhty
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Re-Herakhty
Where: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt (locality)
Event:
Description: Lid for a shabti box in white painted wood, showing a picture of a ship in red, black and yellow: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
One of sixteen pottery mould-made shabtis contained in a rectangular shabti box made of wood: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
Rectangular shabti box in wood, painted around its middle perimeter with an inscription about the owner, Pedi-Iset: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period
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