Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
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<strong>Catalogue</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Inscribed</strong> <strong>Shabtis</strong> <strong>in</strong> Birm<strong>in</strong>gham <strong>Museum</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>dicated. In left h<strong>and</strong> holds pick without cross-bar; <strong>in</strong> right a narrow hoe <strong>and</strong> cord<br />
lead<strong>in</strong>g to square-hatched trapezoidal basket over left shoulder.<br />
S<strong>in</strong>gle column <strong>of</strong> impressed text down front, borders to top <strong>and</strong><br />
sides; cont<strong>in</strong>ued on back pillar.<br />
Wsir T3-hb ms n I-iry<br />
The Osiris Ta-heb, born <strong>of</strong> I-iry<br />
H 112, max W 30; base depth 23, W 19 mm<br />
Source unknown<br />
1962A816<br />
Late Period (30th dynasty) or Ptolemaic<br />
E&P, p.118, 268<br />
196 Ta-Kha-[.....]<br />
Limestone.<br />
Intact but for flakes from back <strong>of</strong> wig,<br />
back <strong>of</strong> legs <strong>and</strong> base.<br />
Dirty <strong>and</strong> discoloured <strong>and</strong> some l<strong>in</strong>en<br />
adher<strong>in</strong>g to front.<br />
Mediocre modell<strong>in</strong>g - legs <strong>in</strong>dicated<br />
by groove <strong>in</strong> lower legs <strong>and</strong> nick <strong>in</strong><br />
front <strong>of</strong> base.<br />
Arms crossed right over left.<br />
Implements <strong>and</strong> basket, if any, now<br />
lost - possibly orig<strong>in</strong>ally pa<strong>in</strong>ted<br />
rather than modelled. Eyes <strong>and</strong> mouth<br />
<strong>in</strong> black <strong>and</strong> solid black tripartite<br />
lappet wig.<br />
Eight l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> black pa<strong>in</strong>ted text<br />
around front <strong>of</strong> body <strong>and</strong> legs,<br />
borders with red rul<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>es.<br />
shd Wsir nbt pr [T]3--[..... dd.s i]<br />
<br />
hsb.tw Wsir nbt pr T3--[... r irt]<br />
k3wt nb(w)t irrt m [hrt-ntr] istw [...]<br />
hw [sdbw] im m s [r]<br />
hr(w)t.f r sr(w)d sht r smhy<br />
wdbw r h<br />
i3btt iry(?) x x x<br />
The illum<strong>in</strong>ated one, the Osiris Ta-Kha-[... she says: O]<br />
this shabti, if one assigns, [if]<br />
one reckons the Osiris Ta-Kha-[... to do]<br />
any works which are done there [<strong>in</strong> the necropolis] then [?]<br />
[obstacles] are placed there as a man(sic!) [at]<br />
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