Bidspirit auction | Shabti of Padi-Neith.

Shabti of Padi-Neith. - Shabti of Pa-di-Neith. Turquoise faience, H 15.4cm. Late Period, 26th dynasty, 664 - 525 BC. Mummy-shaped with a back pillar, a tripartite wig, a beard, and a bag, hoe and plough in crossed hands. The hieroglyphic inscription runs in seven horizontal lines around the body. Beard broken. This title stands for big influence since the holder oversaw a wide range of tasks and domains of the temple and controlled a significant part of the economic activities. The inscription mentions the name and title of the owner, the name of the mother Ta-di-Bastet, as well as excerpts from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. See for the shabtis of the worshipper Pa-di-Neith: Jacques F. Aubert and Liliane Aubert, ”Statuettes égyptiennes, Chaouabtis, Ouchebtis”, Paris, 1974, p. 233 as well as the example in the National Museum Liverpool with the Accession Number 52.55.144. The later refers that the shabtis of Pa-di-Neith originate from tomb 197 in the necropolis of al-Asasif in West Thebes.