| 释义 |
‖ shabti Egyptol.|ˈʃæbtiː|
[a. Egyptian šbty.]
= ushabti. Cf. shawabti.
1864Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Alterhumskunde Oct./Nov. 90 The principal variants of the names of these figures have been given by M. Chabas as..šuabti,..šabt,..šabti and..šebti; to these..may be added many additional forms. 1935W. M. F. Petrie (title) Shabtis. 1936Times Lit. Suppl. 18 July 601/1 Next to the scarab the shabti is perhaps the object most readily acquired by visitors to Egypt... This book is of first importance for the study of shabti-figures. 1953Flinders Petrie Centenary Exhib. 21 The shabti is a figure placed in tombs to answer by magic for the deceased when called to labour in the Fields of the Blessed. 1964I. E. S. Edwards et al. Introd. Guide Egyptian Collections in Brit. Mus. vi. 155 Shabti-figures are exhibited in the Third Egyptian Room. The name shabti is of uncertain meaning. The same figures were called shawabtis in the New Kingdom and ushabtis in the Late Period. |