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 />
Red s<strong>and</strong>stone.<br />
Lower body <strong>and</strong> legs miss<strong>in</strong>g; chips to nose <strong>and</strong> wig.<br />
No h<strong>and</strong>s therefore no implements or basket. Tripartite lappet wig slightly longer at<br />
front than at back; no beard.<br />
Five horizontal l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> text preserved around body.<br />
shd s3-nsw Imn--hrw<br />
dir ip.tw s3-nsw<br />
imy-r h3swt-rsyt Imn-htp m k3t nbt irrt m hrt-ntr<br />
m s r hrt.f ist hw n.f sdbw im r s-<br />
rwd [sht] r smhy wdbw<br />
rest lost<br />
-hetep, true <strong>of</strong> voice:<br />
he says Kush),<br />
Overseer <strong>of</strong> Southern L<strong>and</strong>s, Amen-hetep for any works which are done <strong>in</strong> the<br />
necropolis,<br />
as a man at his duty, then obstacles are placed there for him: to<br />
make the fields grow, to irrigate plots<br />
rest lost<br />
H 185, max W 86 mm<br />
Transferred from the Wellcome Institute, 1969 (MacGregor lot 1366/1)<br />
1969W1150<br />
New K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
Watson, JEA 77(1991), 167-168, pl. xvii for fuller publication <strong>and</strong> discussion<br />
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