Shabti of the Treasurer, Psamtik (Good Name) Ahmose

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 26

Date664-525 BCE

MediumFaience

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions7 11/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 3/8 in., 295 g (19.5 x 4.9 x 3.5 cm, 10 3/8 oz.)

Object number2018.010.590

Label TextThis pale green faience shabti belongs to the treasurer Psamtik, (good name) Ahmose.

The inscription reads, “O, you ushabti, if one counts the Osiris, the Overseer of the Treasury, Psamtik, with the good name Ahmose, true of voice, born to Bastetirdis…”. This text identifies the shabti owner with the Dynasty 26 Giza tomb LG 84, belonging to “Psamtik (good name) Ahmose,” who was the “overseer of the treasury.” Tomb LG84, which he shared with Wahibreemakhet, Pakep, and Nesiut, is also known as Campbell’s tomb, located just north of the causeway of the pyramid of Khafre.

Psamtik’s shabti is mummiform, with his hands extending out of the mummy wrappings. He wears a lappet wig and a plaited divine beard. His broad nose, almond eyes, thick lips, and eyebrows are in relief. His right-hand holds a narrow-bladed hoe and a braided rope secured to a small seed bag over his left shoulder. In his left hand is a pick. The shabti has a back pillar.
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesChristie, Manson & Woods, London, Catalogue of A Collection of Antiquities including Geological Specimens, Primitive and Far Eastern Art, Classical, Egyptian, and Western Asiatic Antiquities (March 10, 1970), 60, lot 287.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 89.

ProvenanceEx. coll. Robert Clough, Yorkshire, England. Ex coll. Hill, purchased from Christie, Manson & Woods, London, March 10, 1970, lot 287. Purchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France, May 6, 1973. 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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