Before I get started on a new art project, I want to get some more of the Tutankhamun exhibit photos up. Tutankhamun had a wide variety of shabtis. Here is an overview photo of some of them:
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum, (Accession numbers to follow with individual photos)
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Calcite Shabti in Round Headdress w/ Red Headband, Holding a Flail and Folded Cloth
Alabaster
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #294
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Faience Overseer Shabti in Round Wig
Faience
Height 30.1cm (11.85 inches)
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #4096
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Shabti in White Crown
Limestone
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #? (number missed in info card photo)
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Inscribed Faience Overseer Shabti in a Khat Headcloth
Glazed Pottery
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #4105
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Painted Wooden Shabti in Yellow and Black Striped Wig, Holding Tools and Baskets
Wood, Gesso
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #39177
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Gilded Wooden Shabti
Wood, Gesso, Gold Leaf
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #3584
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As lovely as those examples are, Tutankhamun had even more beautiful shabtis:
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Wooden Shabti in Ebony Khepresh Crown with Crook and Flail
Wood, Gold Leaf
Height 48cm (18.89 inches)
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #174 (Previously JE 60830)
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Back view...
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"This stunning, serene-faced shabti holds the Osirian symbols of kingship and wears the khepresh or Blue Crown associated with Ra and known as the 'War Crown'."
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Wooden Shabti in Gilded Nemes Headdress, Holding Flail
Wood, Gesso, Gold Leaf, Bronze
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #171
Wooden Shabti with Round Ebony Wig, Bronze Uraeus and Gold Collar
Wood, Gold Leaf, Bronze
Height 54 cm (21.2 inches)
Grand Egyptian Museum #39126
"This exquisite Tutankhamun shabti wears a style popular during the 18th Dynasty: the ebony, or 'Nubian' wig, made up of rolls of tight short curls."
"Originally, this shabti held both a flail and crook."
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I can't remember if the following was small like the shabti or larger:
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Wooden Osiride Recumbent Figure of Tutankhamun on a Bier
Wood, Gold Leaf
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #3150 (Previously JE 60720)
"The carved mummy wrappings and bands on the figure and the lion head and feet on the bed all provide protection from supernatural forces."
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Rather fuzzy photo, but we can see one of the birds is a human-headed Ba figure.
The Global Egyptian Museum record indicates that this piece is 42.2 cm (or roughly 16 1/2 inches) long.
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Even more photos to come in a later post!
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