Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

242 Name uncertain
Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Blue faience.
Intact but discoloured to brown on front and modern plaster adhering to
back pillar and base.
Left hand holds a short pick, right hand a narrow hoe. Plain tripartite
lappet wig and beard. Diamond-hatched basket on left shoulder.
Single column of impressed text down front, borders at sides.
Wsir x- ms Nfr-x
The Osiris x- born of Nefer-x
H 116, max W 33; base depth 26, W 20 mm
Transferred from the Wellcome Institute, 1969 [NN].
1969W1468
Late Period
243 Name uncertain
Dull brownish-purple faience.
Broken through legs and re-joined and restored; several chips missing.
Left hand holds a short pick with no cross-bar, right hand a narrow hoe
and basket cord. Plain tripartite lappet wig and beard. Square-hatched
trapezoidal basket.
Single column of impressed text down front, borders at sides.
O thi shabti .......
H 124, max W 33; base depth 27, W 22 mm
Transferred from the Wellcome Institute, 1969 [NN].
1969W1469
Late Period
244 Name uncertain
Pale blue faience, discoloured to brown in places.
Broken and re-joined through legs; chips and flaking from head, front
of body and base.
Very worn and/or indistinctly moulded; facial features mostly lost.
Tripartite striated lappet wig with beard (damaged). Left hand holds
pick without cross-piece; right hand holds narrow hoe and basket
cord to plain trapezoidal basket on left shoulder.
Single column of impressed text down front, borders at sides.
shd Wsir x ms x
The illuminated one, the Osiris X, born of X
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