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Shabti

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A very finely modelled faience shabti figure standing on a pedestal which has a plinth at its back.The face, wig, beard, collar and implements are in detailed low relief, the figure carries a pick and hoe, with a string basket over its back. Hieroglyphs are inscribed in low relief around the lower body, taken from a chapter of the Book of the Dead.

Present location

LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL

Inventory number

M13871

Dating

26TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

SHABTI

Material

FAIENCE

Technique

FAYENCE

Translation

Peduset, true of voice, born of Isis in the House of the Birth Block (?)
[The rest of the inscription gives the VIth chapter of the Book of the Dead.]

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