The wooden shabti of Tamehyt has a simple lappet wig with her ears protruding. A broad collar and garland encircle her neck, both painted black. Her hands protrude from the mummy wrappings. Below her elbows is a single column of text painted a golden yellow. The inscription reads, “The illuminated one, the Osiris, Tamehyt […], true of voice.” The name Tamehyt is common in the New Kingdom.1
While it is unusual for the lower torso of funerary figurines to be colored black with yellow text, similar shabtis exist from Dynasty 19.2 The black and yellow painted decoration is comparable to anthropoid coffins from the same period.
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Franzmeier, H. 2016. “Where Have All the Shabtis Gone? The Effects of Petrie’s Project Funding for Research in the 21st Century.” In Mit Archäologischen Schichten Geschichte Schreiben Festschrift Für Edgar B. Pusch Zum 70. Geburtstag, edited by H. Franzmeier, T. Rehren, and R. Schulz, 105–118. Forschungen in der Ramses-Stadt Band 10. Hildesheim: Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg.. ↩︎
Bibliography
- Franzmeier 2016
- Franzmeier, H. 2016. “Where Have All the Shabtis Gone? The Effects of Petrie’s Project Funding for Research in the 21st Century.” In Mit Archäologischen Schichten Geschichte Schreiben Festschrift Für Edgar B. Pusch Zum 70. Geburtstag, edited by H. Franzmeier, T. Rehren, and R. Schulz, 105–118. Forschungen in der Ramses-Stadt Band 10. Hildesheim: Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg.