Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

94 Pa-di-Neith
Catalogue of Inscribed Shabtis in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Dull green faience.
Intact.
Poor state of preservation.
Pick and hoe with indistinct basket. Plain tripartite wig and
beard.
Three columns of impressed text down front, borders with
vertical ruling lines.
-di-Ntt r ir
k3t m hrt-ntr mk (wi) k3.
k mk.tw?
Shabti, if the Osiris Pa-di-Neith is assigned to do
Here .....
H 102, max W 27; base depth 20, W 18 mm
Transferred from the Wellcome Institute, 1969 [122477 = 51328].
1969W1481
Late Period
95 Pa-di-Hor
Greenish-brown faience.
Lower legs and base missing.
Shoulders square and very thin. No back pillar. Otherwise, modelling (eg face and
hands) very good. Inscription poorly executed. Plain tripartite lappet wig and plain
beard. Fingers and thumbs indicated on hands.
Carries hoe in left hand and in right a basket cord
which leads to a square-hatched trapezoidal basket
on left shoulder.
Seven lines of impressed text around body with
horizontal ruling lines.
-r wr? x
P(3)-di--hrw r ir k3t nb ir im m hrt-ntr istw
hw sdbw r s r hrwt.(f) mk.tn sw! ip.tw
tn r nw nb irr im r srwd
sht r smhyt wdbw r hn
[last line only partially legible]
O shabtis if one reckons the Osiris, Overseer of .........
Pa-di-Hor, true of voice, to do any work which is done there in the necropolis then
shall say); assign
yourselves at any time to be done there; to make fertile
the fields, to irrigate plots, to transport by boat
[rest effectively lost]
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