Shabti of Nebneheh

Shabti of Nebneheh

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shabtis were figurines, most often found with burials, meant to work on behalf of the deceased in the afterlife. The duplex wig of this small shabti suggests that it dates to the later New Kingdom, when such hairstyles were popular. The inscription identifies the owner, Nebneheh, as an "illuminated one" and an Osiris, meaning that he has become an effective spirit associated with the principal god of the dead.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.