ID number: ECM 359 Named collection: The Eton Myers Collection Title / Object name: Shabti of Pakhaas Object type: Funerary Figure
Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Samannud ? Culture: Egyptian; Late Period Date made: 664-332 BCE; Dynasty 26-30 Collector: Copeland, Richard Materials: Glazed Composition; Egyptian Faience Measurements: overall: 11.8 cm x 3.7 cm x 2.3 cm (H x W x D) Provenance: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Samannud ?; Mrs. R. Copeland 1857; Eton College
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Description: Medium green faience mummiform shabti figure with plain lappet wig and beard, hands on chest holding pick and hoe, basket thrown over left shoulder; feet on square base, dorsal pillar. Single column of hieroglyphs down front naming Pakhaas born of Isis (Ranke 116.9, 3.18). Collector's marks: Paper label on base of shabti with number 33 in black, paper label on top of feet of the shabti figure and back pillar in ink written 'Egypt'; in ink on base of back pillar the number 2033. Cultural Significance: Shabtis of the late period are mould made with detailed modelling including the hieroglyphs in the text. They often take the form of mummies standing with a back pillar, carrying agricultural tools and wearing the beard of Osiris. During this period the group of shabtis in one tomb might contain a range of sizes and types of shabti some large with long full inscriptions and some small with short inscriptions. Comparanda: Emory Michael Carlos Museum 2018.010.593, 2018.010.350; British Museum EA34186; National Museums Liverpool M13872; Christies lot 4 25 October 2007, lot 137 8 December 2021; Bonhams lot 36 6 July 2021; Medusa M7074.
Inscriptions / Translations: The Illumined one, The Osiris, Pakhaas, born of Isis true of voice.
Notes: Possibly to be considered to be related to shabtis with longer inscriptions of one of the Pakhaas of Samannud (Sebennytos) with a short/alternative version of the mother's name -- see the example at Emory. For Late Period shabti groupings see D. Thompson, A Shabti for Ahmose Born of Kheredankh, GM 265 (2021): 141-159. H. D. Schneider, ‘Shabtis. 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’, 3 vols., Leiden 1977. Schneider classification XIA1/W34/H2/I8/Bdamaged/T7c
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