Shabti

Unknown artist

664-525 BCE

Steatite (uncertain); Glazed

Penn Museum

A small, mummiform figurine with hieroglyphic inscriptions covers its body. A ruler is placed to the right of the figurine. Light blue glaze. Lower half of body inscribed with shabti spell. Holds hoe and pick, basket on left shoulder. 97-16-3 Gift of Roger H. Clarke III in memory of Roger H. (Pete) Clarke Jr., 1997