Shabti of Paser, the Vizier of Seti I and Ramesses II

Shabti of Paser, the Vizier of Seti I and Ramesses II

Paser

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A glazed faience shabti portraying its owner Paser in a mummiform, carrying two hoes and a basket, and inscribed with six horizontal lines of text intended to free its owner from obligatory tasks in the afterlife.

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.