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Shabti of Khaemuja

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The mummiform shabti wears a plain, once striated, wig. The arms are crossed right over left; both hands carry hoes. A bag is carried on the back. The legs are distinctly modelled.
The text runs in horizontal lines around the body, there is one vertical column on the back.

Present location

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number

APM 9063

Dating

20TH DYNASTY (not after); 18TH DYNASTY (not before)

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

SHABTI

Material

WOOD

Technique

SCULPTURED; ENGRAVED; PAINTED

Height

20.79 cm

Width

5.3 cm

Depth

2.69 cm

Translation

(1) The illuminated one, the Osiris Khaemuja justified; he says:
(2) o this shabti, if one counts,
(3) if one reckons, if one seeks,
(4) at any moment, to do all the work
(5) which is wont to be done in the necropolis,
(6) to make arable the fields, to irrigate the riparian lands

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