Shabti and Coffin

Shabti and Coffin

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The inscription on the under side of the coffin lid states that it was "made by the sculptor Neferhebef." The shabti inside is inscribed with a version of the standard shabti text written in hieratic script. The lid would have been secured to the coffin with pegs.

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.