Uninscribed shabti from tomb of Nespekashuty

Uninscribed shabti from tomb of Nespekashuty

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

These shabtis were part of a group of 377 found at the bottom of the sloping passageway to the burial chamber in the tomb of Nespekashuty. The shabtis were closely grouped as if they came from one or two boxes that had disappeared, almost certainly in the fire that left a number of the shabtis melted together and damaged the walls of the tomb in the excavator's opinion. Other shabtis were found elsewhere in the much reused tomb and the forecourt debris, also with no inscription or names, but their size and appearance differed.

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.