These two gray-green faience shabtis belong to the same man called Wahibre.1 Both shabtis include his title of “general” and his mother’s name, Takhut.2 Additionally, on catalog number 92, Wahibre’s title is “prophet of Bastet, the-Eye-of-Horus,” and on catalog number 91, his title is the “prophet of Wadjet in the midst of Mendes (Djedet).”
Wahibre is depicted as mummiform with a short neck. His face has a slight smile, typical of Late Period statuary. He wears a striped lappet wig, a braided divine beard, and a small broad collar. Wahibre’s crossed hands protrude from the wrappings. In his right hand, he grasps a pick against his shoulder. On his left, he holds a hoe and a braided rope attached to a small semicircular woven seed bag on his back. A back pillar appears on the rear of the shabti.
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Yoyotte, J. 1983. “Conférence de M. Jean Yoyotte.” École pratique des hautes études. Section des sciences religieuses 92: 203–211. suggests a Dynasty 30 date. ↩︎
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Cihó, Miron. 1983. “Some Unpublished ancient Egyptian objects from Rumania.” In Studia Iuvenum in Honorem V. Wessetzky, edited by Ulrich Luft and Zsuzanna Vanek, 17–36. Études publiées par les chaires d’histoire ancienne de l’Université L. Eötvös de Budapest 36; Egyiptológiai Füzetek 1. Budapest: Université Loránd Eötvös, Chaire de l’Histoire de l’Orient Ancien. discusses the debate between the translation as “overseer of the army (general)” or the “overseer of linen.” Yoyotte, J. 1983. “Conférence de M. Jean Yoyotte.” École pratique des hautes études. Section des sciences religieuses 92: 203–211.; and Podvin, J.-L. 2017. “La Collection Égyptienne Du Musée Sandelin à Saint-Omer (France).” In Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Egyptologists: Florence Egyptian Museum, Florence, 23-30 August 2015, edited by Gloria Rosati, Maria Cristina Guidotti, and Museo Egizio, 506–512. Archaeopress Egyptology 19. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.. Both translate the title as “general.” ↩︎
Bibliography
- Cihó 1983
- Cihó, Miron. 1983. “Some Unpublished ancient Egyptian objects from Rumania.” In Studia Iuvenum in Honorem V. Wessetzky, edited by Ulrich Luft and Zsuzanna Vanek, 17–36. Études publiées par les chaires d’histoire ancienne de l’Université L. Eötvös de Budapest 36; Egyiptológiai Füzetek 1. Budapest: Université Loránd Eötvös, Chaire de l’Histoire de l’Orient Ancien.
- Podvin 2017
- Podvin, J.-L. 2017. “La Collection Égyptienne Du Musée Sandelin à Saint-Omer (France).” In Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Egyptologists: Florence Egyptian Museum, Florence, 23-30 August 2015, edited by Gloria Rosati, Maria Cristina Guidotti, and Museo Egizio, 506–512. Archaeopress Egyptology 19. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.
- Yoyotte 1983
- Yoyotte, J. 1983. “Conférence de M. Jean Yoyotte.” École pratique des hautes études. Section des sciences religieuses 92: 203–211.