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Hybrid · Tomb Robber Joined: 06 Aug 2010 Posts: 1

Hello I need help finding out what this is and what it says on the front. It is some sort of figure that I have no idea what it is of or what it says on the front. I guess this would be a fun challenge for someone in this forum.

thanks for you help.

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styler78 · Servant Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Bristol, UK

Hello Hybrid,

Let's start with the easy bit.

It appears to be a shabti, or i believe a copy of a shabti. The shape, general composition and arm position give this away.

Writing on the front appears to be jibberish. Certainly not a spell from the book of the dead, as far as i can tell (using my limited knowledge).

That's about as far as i can go,

Thanks,

Stuart
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tnrees · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:22 am Post subject:

I believe some genuine shabtis were made by illiterates who just put rubbish that looked like a genuine inscription on their product.

styler78 · Servant Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Bristol, UK

tutankhamun · Servant Joined: 30 Oct 2010 Posts: 28 Location: England

IIts just some model of a shawabti, with bad hieroglyphic inscriptions Wink