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The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings) was a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian funerary practices. The Egyptological term is derived from đ ąđđđđđž wšbtj , which replaced earlier đˇđŻđđđđž šwbtj , perhaps the nisba of đđŻđđ šwęŁb " Persea tree".
Egyptian faience is a sintered-quartz ceramic material from Ancient Egypt. The sintering process "covered [the material] with a true vitreous coating" as the quartz underwent vitrification , creating a bright lustre of various colours "usually in a transparent blue or green isotropic glass".
Stick shabtis had a different purpose to most of the normal ushabtis. While ushabtis were most often placed into the burial chamber and had the function to work for the deceased, stick shabtis were always found in the overground cult chapel of Egyptian tombs, only at Thebes. They are often placed into roughly carved model coffins.
Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt: Over 100,000 artifacts [1] (due to being partly opened in 2018, currently housed in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo) British Museum, London, England: Over 100,000 artifacts [2] (not including the 2001 donation of the six million artifact Wendorf Collection of Egyptian and Sudanese Prehistory) [3] [4]
A shabti of Nepherites I. Nepherites I died during the winter of 394/393 BC after a six-year reign. [5] The Demotic Chronicle simply states that "his son" was allowed to succeed him, without providing any name.
Spell for causing a shabti to do work for a man in the realm of the dead: O shabti, allotted to me, if I be summoned or if I be detailed to do any work which has to be done in the realm of the dead, if indeed any obstacles are implanted for you therewith as a man at his duties, you shall detail yourself for me on every occasion of making arable ...
Faience plate with the complete royal titulary of Ay, Egyptian Museum. Depending on the chronology followed, Ay served as pharaoh between 1323 and 1319 BC, [15] 1327–1323 BC, or 1310–1306 BC. Tutankhamun's death around the age of 18 or 19, together with the fact he had no living children, left a power vacuum that his Grand Vizier Ay was ...
The Tutankhamun Exhibition in Dorchester, Dorset, England, is a permanent exhibition set up in 1986 by Michael Ridley as a re-creation of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The exhibition does not display any of the actual treasures of Tutankhamun, but all artifacts are recreated to be exact facsimiles of the actual items.