Shabti of Paenrenut

New Kingdom, Ramesside

ca. 1300–1080 BCE

Not on view

Shabtis were small magical figures deposited in a tomb to answer for the deceased should he or she be called upon to do labor in the afterlife. In the New Kingdom, shabtis could be placed in a variety of spaces as a mean to extend their owners' presence over space and time. This polychrome figure belongs to Paenrenenutet, whose name appears on shabtis and a shabti-box in Berlin and Krakow collections. A similar shabti was recently found in a mixed fill in a Theban tomb, where it was excavated along with funerary equpiment of seven other men of the Ramesside Period.

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Title: Shabti of Paenrenut
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20
Date: ca. 1300–1080 BCE
Geography: From Egypt; Possibly from Upper Egypt, Thebes, Khokha
Medium: Pottery, paint, Egyptian blue
Dimensions: h. 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in); w. 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in)
Credit Line: Gift of Phyllis A. Goldman, 1985
Object Number: 1985.383
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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