The shabti owner Ankhmut is also known by his longer name Ankhefenmut, which appears on his coffins, funerary papyri, and other shabtis. Ankhmut was originally buried in Deir el-Bahri, tomb number TG 813, during Dynasty 21 (ca. 1076–944 BCE).1 His funerary assemblage was found in the second Deir el-Bahri cache in the Bab el-Gasus.2 Over 150 bodies of Theban priests and priestesses and their burial assemblages dating to the Third Intermediate period were found in this cache.3
His ceramic mummiform shabti wears a long lappet wig. The arms are crossed, and his hands protrude from the wrappings, grasping two hoes. On his back is a large seed bag painted black. The central inscription details that Ankhmut had the priestly title of “God’s Father” for both the god, Amun, and the goddess and Amun’s consort, Mut.
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Schneider, H.D. 1977. An Introduction to the History of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Statuettes with a Catalogue of the Collection of Shabtis in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, vol. 2. Leiden: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.. ↩︎
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Sousa, Rogério. 2019. Gilded Flesh: Coffins and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Oxbow.. ↩︎
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