shabti

Wood shabti. New Kingdom. Mummiform. Black hair, red/brown face and hands, black hieroglyphs down centre. Wearing collar. Traces of yellow glaze. Old circular label on reverse has pencil writing 158/11. 180mm high. Foreman shabti W379. Inscribed with name of owner, Ptah-Hotep. Spell 6 of the 'Book of the Dead' is the Shabti spell, which appears on some shabtis. In brief it can be translated 'O sha…