Shabtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flinders Petrie, W. M., author.

Series:

Oxbow Classics in Egyptology Series

Oxbow Classics in Egyptology Series ; v.4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adventure games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (70 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited, 2023.

Summary:

Facsimile edition of the 1972 reissue of Flinders Petrie's 1914 pioneering typological catalog of Egyptian Shuabtis, one of a number of such catalogs to be reissued in this new series.Shuabtis, funeral statuettes made of stone or timber, were frequently encountered in early tomb and cemetery excavations. Petrie identified and describes a chronological sequence of development from simple statuettes emphasizing the head, which appear to be substitutes for real heads that were often removed from the body, through to later detailed forms that he recognized as substitutes for the mummy. He presents a discussion of the formula used in the inscriptions, their royal and sacred affinities, and identifies examples of additional texts. The examination of forms, formulaic inscriptions, materials and dating evidence is accompanied by transliteration of names, illustrated inscriptions, and over 650 photographed statuettes.

Contents:

Table of Contents

Front Matter(pp. i-ii)

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Table of Contents(pp. iii-iv)

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PREFACE TO THE 2023 EDITION(pp. v-v)

Anna Garnett

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PUBLISHER'S PREFACE(pp. vi-vi)

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CHAPTER I SUBSTITUTES FOR THE BODY.(pp. 1-2)

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1. Though the funeral statuettes are the commonest of antiquities from Egypt, they have never received more than an incomplete study of certain portions of the whole subject. The most usual form of the inscription was translated by Birch (Z.A.S. 1864, p. 89, 103; 1865, p. 4, 20); Loret gave an account of the Cairo figures, distinguishing three stages of the inscription, and describing general styles (Rec. 1883, p. 89; 1884. p. 70). The inscription has been principally discussed by Burchardt (Z.A.S. 1894, 111), and Gardiner (Z.A.S. 1906, 55). Spellers has given a general account of the subject (Les Figurines Funéraires),. . .

CHAPTER II THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE MUMMY.(pp. 2-3)

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6. In the xiith dynasty a new style of figure appeared, the beginning of the true ushabti. The downfall of the Old Kingdom system, and the destruction of its tombs, had deeply impressed Egyptian thought, and had shown the futility of trusting to the conservation of the mummy. Now, as physical food could be ensured in perpetuity by models in imperishable stone, it was only a step further to replace the mummy by a stone figure. Such seems to have been the origin of the mummiform figures which begin in the xiith dynasty. As late as the xixth dynasty the figure. . .

CHAPTER III THE GROWTH OF THE SHUABTI.(pp. 3-5)

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11. Of recent years a large number of figures have been found at Thebes, which are evidently from a family cemetery, shortly before the xviiith dynasty. The only description at first hand is by Newberry in Excavations in the Theban Necropolis. Scattered ones have come through dealers to the British Museum, and at Thebes I bought about forty.

They are closely linked in formula to the stone figures already described, all of mummy form without hands; but in the intervening centuries there was an enormous degradation. These are all of wood, roughly split and chopped, and some even show no difference. . .

CHAPTER IV GROWTH OF THE SHUABTI FORMULA.(pp. 5-8)

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16. The simplest type of formula, found on the earliest class of figure bearing the name of shuabti, is merely "O shabti of Sen hetep, made by his brother making his name to live Aoh-hetep" (42). "Shauabti this, Aoh-mes Sa-pa-(ar)" (45). "O shauabti Sa-pa-art" (44). These simply assert that the figure in some way belongs to the deceased. A further step is to call it "shabti for the ka of Să-ra" (43). Thus the shabti is to act for the family spirit (see sect. 43, pls. vi, vii, xxiv-xxvi).

17. In only two instances do we find the royal offering formula. . .

CHAPTER V OTHER TEXTS ON SHUABTIS.(pp. 8-10)

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28. Various other texts occasionally appear inscribed on the figures. The earliest such is on three rough wooden figures of the xviith dynasty (N.T.N. XX, 24-26). Prof. Newberry's translation is much cleared by the relationships of the persons given by their shabtis already described, sect. 13. The person named Teta-res is probably the same as Teta-on, being written with the same eye sign, but with different spelling. Teta-nefer and Teta-on were brothers according to the relations shown by the shabtis, and Teta-nefer died before Teta-on. We can read the inscriptions in view of these facts. Explanations are in ( ). . ..

CHAPTER VI FORMS AND MATERIALS OF SHUABTIS.(pp. 10-13)

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35. The history of the form of the shabti should be considered with reference to the types of names associated with the forms. There is no published list of names giving the range of date of each, and therefore we need first to gain some idea of the changing fashions in names. The political importance of different centres brought certain gods into prominence at one time or another, and this is reflected in the devotion to those gods. But more important is the form of devotion. The child is ascribed to divine favour, as Amenhetep "Amen contents," or Erdune-ptah, "Ptah gave";. . .

CHAPTER VII TRANSLITERATION OF NAMES OF USHABTIS AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.(pp. 13-15)

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5-7 Teta. 8, 9 Teta-an. 10-17 Teta-sa-antef. 18-23 Teta-nefer. 24-7 Teta-on. 28 Antef. 29.29 A Tehuti. 30 Ta-nehesyt. 31 User. 32 Antef. 33-4 Hetep-sa. 35 Tha. 36 Tunefer. 42-3 Sen-hetep. 44 Sa-ra. 45 Sa-pa-art. 46 Aohmes-sa-paar.

Xviiith dynasty. 47 Sen-em-aoh. 48 Nehi. 49. Monuna. 50 Baka. 51 Aniy. 52 User-hot. 53 Raem-heb. 55 Mes. 56 Pe-kharu. 58-9 Amenemant. 60 Amen-mes. 61-2 Pa-ser. 63 Huy. 65 Amenhetep (II). 66 Minmes. 67 Hather-pert. 68 Sadiomia. 69 Hentmehy. 70 Urt-neb-nefert. 71 Mer-ant. 73 Thay. 74 Set . . . 75 Mohu. 76 User-hot-amen-em-neheh. 77 Mehy-hetep. 78 Neteth-khenti. . ..

INDEX(pp. 16-16)

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[Illustrations](pp. )

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Back Matter(pp. )

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9798888570074

OCLC:

1399169579