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Shabti of Khaemtir

Grave goods often included figurines with blue or black wigs, collars, and other details painted in red and black on a white background. Their legs bear the name of the deceased and a short offering formula. They are known as shabtis, meaning the 'answerers', as they responded on behalf of the deceased to any orders for work in the afterlife.

Cat. 2734
Wood
1539–1077 BCE
New Kingdom
Egypt, Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina
Old Fund, 1824–1882
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 06 DEM / Showcase 10
  • Del Vesco, Paolo-Poole, Federico, “Deir el-Medina in the Egyptian Museum of Turin: An overview, and the way forward”, in Andreas Dorn, Stéphane Polis (eds.), Outside the Box: Selected papers from the conference "Deir el-Medina and the Theban necropolis in contact" (Aegyptiaca Leodiensia 11), Liège 2018, p.101, p.102 fig.2.
    Tipo=Atti di congressi SottoTipo= Autore=Del Vesco, Paolo-Poole, Federico Titolo=Deir el-Medina in the Egyptian Museum of Turin: An overview, and the way forward Sottotiolo=Andreas Dorn, Stéphane Polis (eds.) In=Outside the Box: Selected papers from the conference "Deir el-Medina and the Theban necropolis in contact" Collana=Aegyptiaca Leodiensia Opera=11 Luogo=Liège Anno=2018 Menzionato=p.101 Illustrazione=p.102 fig.2
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