Ushabti
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Recent papers in Ushabti
ABSTRACT: Pdf copy of a power point presentation summarizing selected aspects on the past cultures/societies of Zimbabwe and adjacent regions, with text and images, and accompanying an in-class, video/dvd viewing of Time Life's: "Africa:... more
Overview of all the overseer shabtis of Tayu-heret
A parallel overview of the shabtis for this owner including a new interpretation of the tomb location.
A description of the burial and all the known shabtis of the chantress of Mehyt Khayt , wife of the Kings' Son of Kush Hori
Parallel overview of the shabtis for Hori.
Quelques considérations générales sur les coffrets à shabtis/oushebtis, suivies de la présentation de quelques coffrets et éléments de coffrets conservés dans des collections genevoises (Musée d’art et d’histoire de la Ville de Genève et... more
Publication of five ushabtis stored in the Museo Archeologico di Udine. With the exception of one of them, which dates to the New Kingdom, the others date to the Late Period. The contribution of this study concerns the onomastic thanks to... more
A catalogue of the shabtis of Nesi-Paouty-Taouy from the Third Intermediate Period. The shabtis are rare in museums and private collections.
Il contributo presenta la collezione archeologica del Museo Alessi di Enna con un focus sulle statuette funerarie egizie note col nome di ushabti, appartanenti al Canonico G. Alessi a cui il museo ennese è intitolato.
In ancient Egypt, the dead needed many faculties for restarting his new life in the Hereafter: breathing, seeing, walking…and virility. Sex was an essential aspect for the resurrection and in the funerary rites some ritual practices were... more
This paper is the result of a search of all shabtis of Princess and Godswife Maat-ka-ra, burried in DB 320, in public and private collections. One of the conclusions is that more shabtis are found than originally recorded.
Quelques réflexions sur les figurines funéraires (shabtis et oushebtis) et le texte du chapitre VI du Livre des Morts. Les commentaires portent sur: - Les formules « Je suis l’Osiris N » et « moi, je suis toi » utilisées parfois au... more
Catalogue describing the shabtis of HORUDJA Son of Khau-Si-en-Hap. The shabtis for this owner feature an unique element where the name of the owner is written at various, seemingly random places within the text of chapter six of the book... more
This paper (in Dutch) describes the oldest object of the Tax and Customs museum in Rotterdam the Netherlands, a shabti for Nesi-Bastet containing the rare Chapter 5 of the book of the Death spell.
Half-serious short history of collecting: what, how, where, who.
But, at last, collecting is also giving a second life to objects and memories.
Discover how.
Some of Massimo Crispi's indomitable thoughts.