Shabti inscribed for Nesbanebdjed ca. 380–342 Late Period This shabti comes from a tomb chamber discovered in 1902 at the site of the ancient city of Mendes (Tell el-Rub’a), the capital of Egypt for a short time during the Late Period. On top of a slab over this chamber were over 360 complete shabtis, plus a number of fragments and several amulets; in the chamber beneath was a mummy adorned with trappings of gold leaf (see Cairo CG 53465–53469). Most of the shabtis were inscribed, like this one, for the priest Nesbanebdjed. Of these, 322 had the type of T-shaped inscription seen here (see

Shabti inscribed for Nesbanebdjed ca. 380–342 Late Period This shabti comes from a tomb chamber discovered in 1902 at the site of the ancient city of Mendes (Tell el-Rub’a), the capital of Egypt for a short time during the Late Period. On top of a slab over this chamber were over 360 complete shabtis, plus a number of fragments and several amulets; in the chamber beneath was a mummy adorned with trappings of gold leaf (see Cairo CG 53465–53469). Most of the shabtis were inscribed, like this one, for the priest Nesbanebdjed. Of these, 322 had the type of T-shaped inscription seen here (see also and b). Several of Nesbanebdjed’s shabtis remained in Egypt; others can be found in museum and private collections around the ’s priestly titles associate him with the cult of the ram-god Banebdjed, who was part of the Mendesian triad with the goddess Hatmehyt and the child god Harpocrates. See below for a translation of the Shabti inscribed for Nesbanebdjed. ca. 380–342 Faience. Late Period. From Egypt; Presumably from Eastern Delta, Mendes (Tell el-Ruba), Burial of Nesbanebdjed, Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations/Aly Habib 1902. Dynasty 30

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