Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

68 Pa-shery-en-Ptah
Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Green faience.
Feet and base missing.
Poor state of preservation.
Each hand holds stylised hoe. Lappet wig (not visible at back) and
beard. Flat back with no back pillar.
Single column of impressed text down back, no borders.
Wsir it-ntr P(3)--(n)-Pth ms [.....]
-shery-en-Ptah born of [.....]
H 49 (ext), max W 18; base depth [lost], W [lost]
Transferred from the Wellcome Institute, 1969 [171066].
1969W1482
Late Period
69 Pa-shery-(en)-ta-ihet
Very pale faience - almost white but with tinge of pale green.
Intact but glaze worn off in places.
Reasonable workmanship and modelling but features lack sharpness; no
fine detail.
Left hand holds pick without cross-bar, right hand a narrow hoe and basket
cord. Plain tripartite wig with bands on ends of all three lappets; beard.
Trapezoidal basket on left shoulder, the hatching worn away.
Single column of impressed text down front, borders at sides.
Wsir hm-ntr Nfr-tm P(3)--(n)-t(3)-iht ms n T3--n-t3)--hrw
The Osiris, prophet of Nefertum P(a)-shery-(en)-t(a)-ihet born of Tashery(t-en-ta)-qeret,
true of voice
H 103, max W 27; base depth 30, W 19 mm
Transferred from the Wellcome Institute, 1969 [NN]. (McGregor lot
1339/3)
1969W1473
Late Period (30 th dynasty) or Ptolemaic
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