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Ramesside Period Shabti for Pentaur
Circa 1290-1070 BC
Description: A tall well preserved painted pottery shabti inscribed for Pentaur. Formed of red Nile silt clay with a yellow wash over the front portion. The figure is adorned with a tripartite wig and broad collar with eyes and mouth indicated in black. The shabti bears two hoes and a basket held by two cords slung over the shoulder depicted on the unmodeled reverse side in black paint. A single frontal column of hieroglyphs in black bears the abbreviated shabti spell common from the New Kingdom onward. It derives from the Book of the Dead and requests, "Make bright the Osiris, Pentaur, true of voice." A fine appealing Ramesside Period example.
Height: 7.25
Condition: Intact and overall well preserved with original pigment. Custom display stand.
Provenance: Formerly in a private Washington D.C. collection.
Background: Nile silt clay was first used to make shabtis during the 17th and early 18th Dynasties, and increasingly during the Ramesside Period when demand for the figurines dramatically increased. It was customary to provide up to 365 shabtis for the deceased, one for each day of the year, as well as 36 overseer shabtis to supervise any work required in the afterlife.
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