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| CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
| PERIOD | Late Period |
| DATE | 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C. |
| MATERIAL | Faience |
| MOUNTED | Yes |
Egyptian Shabti of Psamtik-Sa-Neith
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.
Standing on an integral plinth, depicted mummiform with the arms crossed at the chest, holding the pick, hoe, and seed-sack over his left shoulder, and wearing a braided beard and tripartite wig, inscribed with the shabti spell (Chapter VI Book of the Dead) in two vertical lines on the back and ten horizontal lines at the front with the titulary and parental affiliation, the full text reading:
(1- r. back) Psamtik-sa-neith, son of the general Psamtik-[em]-awy-neith, born of the lady of the house Neith-em-hat
(2- l. back) O you shabti! If one should assign the Osiris [Psamtik-sa-neith, son of] the general Psa [mtik-mer-neith, born of the lady of the house]
(3) Neith-em-hat, to do any work that is to be done there
(4) in the necropolis, once obstacles have been removed
(5) there from a man at his duties, “HereI am!”
(6) you shall say. And if you should be assigned
(7) at any time to do (work) there-
(8) to cultivate fields,
(9) to irrigate river-
(10) banks, or to trans-
(11) port sand
Standing on an integral plinth, depicted mummiform with the arms crossed at the chest, holding the pick, hoe, and seed-sack over his left shoulder, and wearing a braided beard and tripartite wig, inscribed with the shabti spell (Chapter VI Book of the Dead) in two vertical lines on the back and ten horizontal lines at the front with the titulary and parental affiliation, the full text reading:
(1- r. back) Psamtik-sa-neith, son of the general Psamtik-[em]-awy-neith, born of the lady of the house Neith-em-hat
(2- l. back) O you shabti! If one should assign the Osiris [Psamtik-sa-neith, son of] the general Psa [mtik-mer-neith, born of the lady of the house]
(3) Neith-em-hat, to do any work that is to be done there
(4) in the necropolis, once obstacles have been removed
(5) there from a man at his duties, “HereI am!”
(6) you shall say. And if you should be assigned
(7) at any time to do (work) there-
(8) to cultivate fields,
(9) to irrigate river-
(10) banks, or to trans-
(11) port sand
(12) of the East to the West [“Here I am!” you shall say.]
Tip of beard and fists with minor conservation, plinth with edge wear and overall surface wear consistent with age. A rare example for the type.
Formerly in a French private collection.
Accompanied by French Passport no. 216822.
Aubert, J. and L,; Statuettes Egyptiennes, Paris, 1974, p. 231.
Canopic jars of General Psamtik-Sa-Neith are conserved in the Louvre museum. His shabtis were later dispersed by the Egyptian Antiquities Service and found their way into several major museums as well as many private collections.
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| CATEGORY | Egyptian |
| PERIOD | Late Period |
| DATE | 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C. |
| MATERIAL | |
| MOUNTED | Yes |
