Shabti of Qenamun

Mummiform shabti wearing a voluminous plain tripartite wig. The arms and hands are not indicated in the modelling. A wesekh–collar is worn across the chest comprising of four row of beads on strands. The face is well defined in the carving. The eyes have long cosmetic lines and brows in relief. The head has an upright pose with the chin being slightly raised. The face is flanked by a pair of well modelled ears. The shoulders and upper torso have six horizontal bands of neatly incised inscription naming the owner as Qenamun followed by Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. Translation of the inscription: The illuminated one, the Scribe, Qenamun, he speaks: O, these shabtis, if one counts, Qenamun, to do all works to be done there in the realm of the dead – as a man at his duties – now indeed obstacles are implanted there for him, to cultivate the fields, to irrigate the river banks, to transport by boat the sand of the east to the west, if one counts concerning you, at any time daily, ‘here I am,’ you shall say. Transliteration of the inscription: sHD sS Qn-Imn Dd.f i SAwAb.ty ipn ir ip.tw Qn-Imn m kA.t nb.t ir.t m Xr.t-nTr m s Hr.wt.f is.t(w) Hw n.f sDb.w im r srwD sx.t smH.yt wDb.w r Xn.t say n iAb.tt r imn.tt ip.tw r.k r nw nb m.k w(i) kA.k. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Scratched surface, surface dirt.