The mummiform shabti wears a striated wig and a plaited ceremonial beard. The arms are crossed right over left, the sleeves are indicated. The right hand holds a hoe, the left one a pick. The statuette carries a bag over its left shoulder. It has a back pillar and a pedestal. Eleven horizontal lines of text run around the body, starting below the elbows.
(1) The illuminated one, the Osiris, the priest of Neith, the priest Horudja, borne by Shedet justified, he says: o (2) these shabtis, if one counts off the Osiris, the priest of Neith, the priest Horu- (3) dja, borne by Shedet justified, to do any work which is wont to be done there in (4) the necropolis - indeed, obstacles are implanted therewith - as a man (is called) to his duties, (5) "here I am," you shall say; you are counted of (6) at any time to serve there, to make arable (7) a field, to irrigate a riparian land, transport by boat (8) sand the west the east (9) and vice versa; "here (10) I am," you shall (11) say.
Bibliography
C.W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Catalogus eener verzameling Egyptische, Grieksche, Romeinsche en andere Oudheden, 1909, 65 (nr. 51)
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