Shabti Of Bakendjehuty (1975.0689)

A mummiform worker shabti made of faience with a pale green glaze and details painted in black or dark pigment, which dates to the Twenty-second Dynasty (c. 950–730 BC). The figure wears a plain tripartite wig detailed with a painted seshed headband tied at the back, with the knot and vertical ties clearly rendered on the reverse. The facial features are simply modelled, with eyes and brows picked out in dark paint. The arms are crossed right over left across the chest, with the hands holding a pair of hoes (in relief) painted in black on the shoulders. On the back, a square basket with cross-hatching and carrying straps is painted across the upper body. A vertical column of text executed in a mixture of hieroglyphs and hieratic runs down the front of the legs, naming the owner as a priest of Amun called Bakendjehuty. Parallel worker shabtis are in Brussels, Manchester Museum, Garstang Museum, and Carmarthenshire Museum. Overseer shabtis for the same owner are known in Leiden and Brussels.