Shabti Figure of Djehutyemheb 3269, Shabti Figure of
Djehutyemheb, New Kingdom (late 18th-19th Dynasty); c. 1323-1190
B.C. Material: Indurated limestone; with head of gessoed and
painted wood Dimensions: h. 8 _ in. 21 cm Unusual because of its
composite materials, this shabti figure’s body is made of
limestone while the head is gessoed and painted wood. It also
would have had wooden feet and crossed arms, now lost. His
elaborate costume, with pleats and apron, was common on shabtis
of the late 18th and 19th Dynasty. Across his apron are several
lines of text that identify the owner as Djehutyemheb, ‘overseer
of cattle in the Temple of Re.’ The apron hieroglyphs also
contain an excerpt from the Book of the Dead, an Egyptian
funerary text that consisted of over two hundred ‘spells’ to aid
the deceased in their journey through the afterlife.