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‖ shawabti Egyptol.|ʃəˈwæbtɪ|
Pl. shawabtiu, (anglicized) shawabtis.
[ad. Egyptian šwꜣbt(y), prob. f. šwꜣb persea-wood, from which the figurines may originally have been made. In later Egyptian this was replaced by wšbty ushabti.]
= ushabti. Cf. shabti.
1922Ld. Carnarvon in Daily Mail 18 Dec. 10 Propped against the wall is a most beautiful portrait shawabti of the King. 1923Carter & Mace Tomb of Tut. Ankh. Amen I. 120 Beside this shrine, there was a large shawabti statuette of the king. 1960Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 Mar. 805/2 A XXth Dynasty polychrome terracotta shawabti figure of the chantress of Amun, Inhay. 1961Ibid. 10 Mar. 832/1 Eight fragments of royal shawabtiu in various stones inscribed with cartouches of King Akhnaten. 1970P. R. S. Moorey Anc. Egypt iii. 68 Among a wide variety of other funerary equipment the magical servant figures or shawabtis are the most common. |