Egyptian Shabtis
Material type: TextSeries: Shire Egyptology ; 23Publication details: Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications LTD, 1995Description: 64 p., 21 cmISBN:- 9780747803010
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Continuing Resources | Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library First Floor - 1.05 | SE 23 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | SE 23 |
The ancient Egyptians believed that the statutory agricultural labour imposed on them in order to utilise the Nile floods would continue in the afterlife. To avoid this irksome duty, they devised the shabti, a figure which they hoped would deputise for them on being activated by the appropriate magic spell.
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