Shabti of Wedjahor, born of Shedet

Shabti of Wedjahor, born of Shedet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This shabti is one of about 400 of Horwedja found in a tomb at Hawara. Horwedja was the son of Shedet, and a priest of Neith. Horwedja and a number of other individuals were buried in the tomb, excavated by Petrie in 1888-1889. Many of the mummies were wrapped with rich amulet sets, and a few of them like Horwedja had fine sarcophagus and coffin sets.

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.