This shabti wears a tripartite wig with parallel vertical striations, a broad collar, and bracelets on the wrists. It carries two hoes, and on its back is a basket. It is made of faded turquoise-blue faience; various details, such as the text, are painted in black. This shabti is inscribed with the name of the wab-priest Kyty.
Present location
INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE
May the Osiris, the wab-priest Kyry, be illuminated. He says: O this shabti, if the Osiris the wab-priest Kyry is selected to carry out any work normally done in the necropolis, to bring to prosperity the fields, to irrigate the banks, or to carry sand [sic].
Bibliography
Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p.26, n°262.
Minault-Gout Anne, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.180, n°265.
Minault-Gout Anne, "Deux fonctionnaires de la XXIXe dynastie en poste au Soudan", BdE 81, 1979, p.34-36, pl. VIC et VIIC.
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