Altägyptisch Shabti für Tenttawy, Cache II, Deir el-Bahari

Ancient Egyptian Shabti for Tenttawy, Cache II, Deir el-Bahari

This is a rare ancient Egyptian shabti for Tenttawy. This shabti was found in the famous Cache II, Cache II was discovered in 1891 at Deir el-Bahari (Thebes), the Tomb of the Priests of Amun, also referred to as Bab el-Gasus. The site was shown to be the largest undisturbed tomb ever discovered in Egypt, containing the intact burials of 153 individuals who lived during the 21st Dynasty (approximately 1069-945 BC). This remarkable discovery was 1883 divided into lots of antiquities and distributed among 17 nations, so that many pieces are now in foreign museums and private collections over the world.

Translation of the inscribed hieroglyphs:
„The Osiris, Tenttawy, justified“

The name Tenttawy means “The one who belongs to the Two Lands“ .
(see: Ranke I, p. 363, 12)

For other published Tenttawy shabtis see:
- Schlögl/Brobeck, „Ägyptische Totenfiguren aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Schweiz“, 1990, no. 102 and 102a, on page 168.
- Aubert, Les statuettes funéraires de la Deuxième Cachette á Deir el-Bahari, 1998, no. 46, page 100.
- Schneider, 1977, 4.5.5.3 (overseer)
- Sousa, The tomb of the Priests of Amun, 2018, no. 43, page 455.
- Newberry, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. N° 46530-48273 - Funerary Statuettes and Model Sarcophagi, no. 48239-48248
- Araujo 2003, no. 87, p. 685 (overseer)

Date: Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahari (Cache II), TIP, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1080 - 945 B.C.
Material: pottery painted light green
Size: ca. 10,3 cm
Condition: worn, otherwise intact
Provenance: French estate, formed before 1960

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