Shabti box and shabtis, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1279–1213 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1), Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1885–86, Painted wood, limestone, and ink, Shabti box: H. 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in), Essential items of funerary equipment from the New Kingdom on, shabti figures, of which there could be from 1 to over 400 examples in a single tomb, were meant to substitute for the deceased whenever he or she was called upon to perform manual labor in the afterlife
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Shabti box, shabtis, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca, 1279–1213 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Tomb, Sennedjem, TT 1, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1885–86, Painted wood, limestone, ink, H, 28.5 cm, 11 1/4, Essential items, funerary equipment, shabti figures, 1, 400 examples, single tomb, meant, substitute, deceased whenever, upon, perform manual, labor, afterlife
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