Shabti of Djedhor, son of Renpetnefer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Very little is known about the owner of this shabti. His name, given in the column of inscription on the front of the figure, was Djedhor, son of Renpetnefer, but his titles are not provided. Several other funerary figures belonging to this Djedhor are known. Some are like this one: small, with a single column of inscription. Other examples are larger, and bear a longer inscription in horizontal lines that begins with Djedhor's name and the name of his mother, and then continues with Spell 6 from the Book of the Dead. This says that if the deceased is called upon to cultivate the fields, irrigate the riverbanks, or ferry sand in the realm of the dead, the shabti will answer and do the work for him.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art