Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Faience Shabti for May, Scribe of Ptah

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Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Faience Shabti for May, Scribe of Ptah:
$2250.00

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A finely modelled, and well preserved ancient Egyptian faience shabti for May, Scribe of Ptah, dating to the 19th - 20th Dynasty, circa 1291 -1064 BC.

The figure is depicted mummiform, with arms crossed holding two hoes, wearing tripartite wig, a vertical line of hieroglyphs runs down the front. The inscription reading:

The Osiris, scribe of the House of Ptah, May; illuminating the Osiris, scribe of the house of Ptah, May, true of voice, he says \'o ushabti\'.

The ancient Egyptians believed that the eternal soul of the deceased resided in a paradise known as the \'Field of Reeds\'. With its calm waters and lush vegetation, this fertile Environment was similar to their own earthly world at the banks of the river Nile. Unfortunately however, the dead were also expected to undertake agricultural labour on behalf of the gods; ploughing, sowing, and reaping the crops. For those who wished to avoid this physical strain, shabti (answerer) figures were placed in their burial chambers as alternative workers, imbued with a powerful magic so that they would rise and take the deceased’s place working in the fields.

Height: 5 inches

Condition: Excellent, intact and with no restorations, beautifully preserved.

Provenance:

From the Collection of the late Julian Bird (inventory number 1180).

Julian Bird was an avid collector of Egyptian Antiquities. His collection was formed from the 1970s onwards, mainly from the UK market. Mr. Bird\'s notes record that this piece was purchased from a London gallery in 2006.

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