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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Unknown Creator Nationality: African; North African; Egyptian Creator Dates/Places: Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt Creator Active Place: Africa,North Africa,Egypt Creator Name-CRT: Egyptian Title: Shawabty of Nebseni Title Type: preferred View: Front view Creation Start Date: -157 Creation End Date: -156 Creation Date: New Kingdom, early Dynasty 18, c. 1570 B.C. Creation Place: Africa,North Africa,Egypt Object Type: Sculpture Classification Term: Shawabty Materials and Techniques: Wood (tamarisk), pigment Dimensions: H.: 28.2 cm (10-3/4 in.); W.: 8.2 cm (3-1/4 in.) Inscriptions: Inscription: O [thou] ushabti whom N. has instructed, lo, obstacles have been set up for him yonder. If (N.) is counted off for any work that is to be done in the god's domain, as a man to his duties,to cultivate the fields, to irrigate the shores, to transport sand of the east (and) of the west, 'Here am I' shalt [tyou] say.The inscription indicates that Nebseni served as a scribe for a woman who held the title 'God Wife,' the rank of a priestess who was considered to be married to the god she served. AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1892.28 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Subject Description: A shawabty (also called a ushebti or shabti) is a mummiform statuette that was thought to be able to serve the deceased in the afterlife. Here, the simplified rendering of the human figure represents the body of Nebseni in his mummy wrappings. This representation, as well as the presence of the false beard, stresses Nebseni's association with the god Osiris, the principal deity of the afterlife. The finely incised and pigment-filled inscription is a version of chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. Suppliesof these funerary figures were placed in tombs, often as many as one for each day of the year, along with a group of thirty-six overseers. Many shawabty statuettes are supplied with representations of seed baskets, picks, and hoes with which to accomplish their duties. Context: Shawabtys appeared in Dynasty 13 (c. 1784 B.C.), and they continued to be a feature of mortuary furnishings through the Ptolemaic era. AMICA ID: AIC_.1892.28 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998 AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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