Shabti of Sety I

Mummiform shabti wearing a well carved and quite voluminous plain tripartite wig. The face is round, the eyes poorly worked, the nose is small and rubbed. The ears point backwards somewhat. The arms are quite thin, but well defined, crossed right over left above the waist. The body is broad at the hips, and the buttocks are gently defined. The shabti does not carry implements in its hands and there is no basket on the back. Traces of varnish remain on the lower body and back as well as on the chest and face. Inscribed with the throne name of the pharaoh Sety I, Menmmatra, within a cartouche and with the 6th Chapter of the Book of the Dead. Carved from juniper wood and coated with black resin. One of fifteen wooden shabtis of Sety I in World Museum's collection. Inscription: six lines; fairly distinct; many hieroglyphs are filled with varnish. Transliteration and translation of the inscription: sHD Wsir nsw.t Mn-MAa.t-Ra mAa-xrw Dd.f i SAb.ty [i]p.tn ir aS ir Hsb.t(w) Wsir sA Ra sty-mr.y-(n)-PtH mAa-xrw r ir.t kA.t nb(.t) irr.t [i]m (m) Xr.t-nTr is Hw sDb.w i[m m] s r Xr.wt.f m.k kA.(t)n i n.w r n pt.w ... srwD, "The illuminated one, the Osiris, the King, Men–Maat–Re, justified, he speaks: O, these shabtis, if one calls, if one reckons, the Osiris, the Son of Re, Seti, Beloved (of) Ptah, justified, to do all the works that are to be done there in the realm of the dead – now indeed obstacles are implanted for him [there] – as for a man at his duties, ‘here I am’ at any time … to cultivate". CONDITION NOTE (1998): Incomplete, holed, surface loss, some flaking of bitumen, surface dirt.