Shawabty of Seti I
Place made:Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Date: ca. 1294-1279 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions:
5 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (14.6 × 4.5 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 2005.1.22
Inscribed: Six lines of text written right to left. Lines 5 and 6 are blocked by the modern mount and too faint to read:
Line 1:
sHD wsir mn-mAat-ra mAa-xrw Dd.f i.Sbty
The illuminated one, the Osiris, Menmaatra, justified. He says: O this shabty,
Line 2:
ipt ir Hsb.t(w) stXy-mry-<n>-ptH r irt n.f […]
if one reckons, Seth, mery<en>ptah (Seti I), to do for him…
Line 3:
r irt kAt r irt […] sH[…]
to do the works, to do…
Line 4:
i […] r Xrt.f […] r nw nb […]
…at his duties…at any time…
[trans. S. Schellinger, 2018]
Provenance: sold, Christie's, New York, December 7, 1995, lot 152, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by bequest to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2005
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