Shabti box and shabtis. Dimensions: Shabti box (86.1.14): H. 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in)Shabti of Khaibekhnet and Ineferty (86.1.18): H. 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in)Shabti of Khonsu (86.1.21): H. 17.7 cm (6 15/16 in)Shabti of Khaibekhnet (67.80): H. 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in)Shabti of Mesu (86.1.28): H. 15 cm (5 7/8 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 19. Reign: reign of Ramesses II. Date: ca. 1279-1213 B.C..Essential items of funerary equipment from the New Kingdom on, shabti figures, of which there could be from 1 to over 400 examples in a single tomb, were meant to substitute for the deceased whenever he or she was called upon to perform manual labor in the afterlife. One example here is inscribed with a version of Spell 6 from the Book of Coming Forth by Day (better known as the Book of the Dead): "O, shabti. if I be summoned.to do any work which has to be done in the realm of the dead.you shall act for me on every occasion of making arable the fields, of flooding the banks, or of conveying sand from east to west: 'Her

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Shabti box and shabtis. Dimensions: Shabti box (86.1.14): H. 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in)Shabti of Khaibekhnet and Ineferty (86.1.18): H. 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in)Shabti of Khonsu (86.1.21): H. 17.7 cm (6 15/16 in)Shabti of Khaibekhnet (67.80): H. 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in)Shabti of Mesu (86.1.28): H. 15 cm (5 7/8 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 19. Reign: reign of Ramesses II. Date: ca. 1279-1213 B.C..Essential items of funerary equipment from the New Kingdom on, shabti figures, of which there could be from 1 to over 400 examples in a single tomb, were meant to substitute for the deceased whenever he or she was called upon to perform manual labor in the afterlife. One example here is inscribed with a version of Spell 6 from the Book of Coming Forth by Day (better known as the Book of the Dead): "O, shabti. if I be summoned.to do any work which has to be done in the realm of the dead.you shall act for me on every occasion of making arable the fields, of flooding the banks, or of conveying sand from east to west: 'Her

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