ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Shabti of the Prophet of Bastet, Wahibre

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 27 - Dynasty 29

Date525-380 BCE

MediumFaience

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions7 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 9/16 in., 281 g (18.9 x 4.8 x 3.9 cm, 9 15/16 oz.)

Object number2018.010.587

Label TextThis gray-green faience shabti belonged to a man called Wahibre. It includes his title of “general” and his mother’s name, Takhut. Wahibre’s title is “prophet of Bastet, the-Eye-of-Horus.”

Wahibre is depicted as mummiform with a short neck. His face has a slight smile, typical of Late Period statuary. He wears a striped lappet wig, a braided divine beard, and a small broad collar. Wahibre’s crossed hands protrude from the wrappings. In his right hand, he grasps a pick against his shoulder. On his left, he holds a hoe and a braided rope attached to a small semicircular woven seed bag on his back. A back pillar appears on the rear of the shabti.
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes, Marseille, Archeologie (28 Fevrier 1974), lot 58.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 92.

ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes, Marseille, France, February 28, 1974, lot 58. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

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