Mummiform figure with details that have been carefully executed in relief: the smiling face, the Osiris chin beard, the hands holding hoe, rope and weeding hoe, and the bag on the left shoulder. It has seven horizontal lines of hieroglyphic inscription. The statuette stands on a pedestal and has a back pillar.
Present location |
MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARQUEOLOGIA [46/003] LISBON |
Inventory number |
E 400 (n. cat. 138) |
Dating |
30TH DYNASTY |
Archaeological Site |
LOWER EGYPT |
Category |
SHABTI |
Material |
FAIENCE |
Technique |
FAYENCE |
Height |
14.7 cm |
Width |
4 cm |
The illuminated, the Osiris, the eldest of the priests, Psametek, son of Tai, true of voice. He says: "O shabti, if you are required to do any work there in the Sacred Land (the Underworld), if any duty is imposed on you as to any man ...