Description
Name owner: Men-Maat-Ra, Seti I
Title owner: King
Dimensions (hxwxd): 6.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Translation hieroglyphs: The illuminated, the Osiris, the King (+ Chapter VI, five lines around body).
Preservation: Broken and rejoined, abrasion in certain areas.
R-R: 150.6
Provenance: KV 17
Comments: Unlike wooden or faience shabtis, Seti I stone shabtis are exceedingly rare. There are appear to be glazed steatite as well green schist examples.
Together with Dik van Bommel the following overview can be made of all known stone shabtis for Seti I:
| Place | Museum | Coll. Nr | Size (CM) |
| Cairo | Cairo museum | 48438 | ? |
| Cairo | Cairo museum | ? | ? |
| Cambridge | Fitzwilliam | E.GA.2637.1943 | 8.8 |
| Florence | Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze | 1866 | 9.2 |
| Florence | Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze | 4611 | 11.2 |
| London | British Museum | EA67079 | 5.3 |
| London | Petrie Museum | LDUCE-UC39719 | 3.1 |
| London | Petrie Museum | LDUCE-UC39721 | 2.0 |
| New York | Metropolitan | 30.8.188 | 9.0 |
| Paris | Louvre | E22147 | 7.3 |
| Paris | Louvre | N 795 2 ? | 5.8 |
| Toronto | Royal Ontario Museum | 965.80.1 | 11.0 |
| Toronto | Royal Ontario Museum | 940.21.1 | 12.5 |
| Spanish coll. | Private collection | 6.4 | |
| Memphis coll. | ex Henri Wallis (1830-1926), ex Emmacha | 7.6 | |
The Schist (?) has been glazed turquoise.
Some references: Aubert, J-F and L., Statuettes Egyptiennes: Chaouabtis, Ouchebtis, Paris, 1974, 80-81, Bovot, J-L, Les serviteurs funéraires royaux et princiers de l’Ancienne Égypte, 114-115. Newberry, Percy: “Funerary Statuettes and Model Sarcophagi”, 1930-37, pp. 357-58. Cairo CG 48440 = JE 3628, Petrie, W.M. Flinders: “Shabtis”, London, 1935 no. 87 and 89, plates 9, 19, 30 (UC 39719 and UC39721).
A very rare piece and one of the treasures in the SC database.
