Six Shabtis of Gautsoshen
Found lying loose in one area of the Pit were 374 wood shabtis inscribed with the name of Gautsoshen. Of these, 344 were workers and 30 overseers. All were painted a greenish-blue, presumably to imitate the faience of which this type of funerary figurine was normally made (see for example 25.3.19.19). These figures were meant to carry out agricultural work in the afterlife on Gautsoshen's behalf.
Artwork Details
- Title: Six Shabtis of Gautsoshen
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 21
- Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit, Burial of Gautsoshen (P4), MMA excavations, 1923–24
- Medium: Wood
- Dimensions: H. 7 to 17 cm (2 3/4 to 6 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.3.22a–f
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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