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Red Pottery Female Shabti

Circa 1069-1045 BC

Description: A Twenty-first Dynasty shabti for a woman named Djed-Maat-iw-es-ankh, meaning "The goddess Maat says she will live". Modeled of redware pottery and covered with white gesso. Details of the figure and text have been added in black. The front of the shabti is inscribed with a vertical column of hieroglyphs. She wears a long tripartite wig and carries two hoes and a basket. Some cosmetic lines visible. Formed in a one-sided mold with flat back. Custom wood stand.

Height: 4.5 in. (11.5 cm)

Condition: Neatly repaired across the middle.

Provenance: Acquired in the 1930s by a New York author and collector, and by descent to a private New England gentleman.

Reference: See Shabtis (Leiden 1977) by Hans D. Schneider, nos. 4.5.1.32 and .33. These shabtis originate from Cache II in Deir el Bahri, Thebes.

Background: In mummiform pose, female shabtis are nearly indistinguishable from male shabtis, excepting style of headdress and hair on occasion. However, more common than not, the sex of these figurines and their owner can be determined by the inscription they bear.

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