Shabti of Yuya ca. 1390–1352 New Kingdom As the parents of Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III, Yuya and Tjuyu were granted burial in the Valley of the Kings. They were provided with funerary equipment from the finest royal workshops, as demonstrated by this superbly carved shabti on which even the knees are subtly indicated. The text on these mummiform figurines states that the shabti will substitute for the spirit in any obligatory tasks it is called upon to perform in the other shabtis from this tomb ( and ) are also in the Museum's Shabti of Yuya
Shabti of Yuya ca. 1390–1352 New Kingdom As the parents of Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III, Yuya and Tjuyu were granted burial in the Valley of the Kings. They were provided with funerary equipment from the finest royal workshops, as demonstrated by this superbly carved shabti on which even the knees are subtly indicated. The text on these mummiform figurines states that the shabti will substitute for the spirit in any obligatory tasks it is called upon to perform in the other shabtis from this tomb ( and ) are also in the Museum's Shabti of Yuya. ca. 1390–1352 Cedar, paint, Egyptian blue. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV 46), Davis/Quibell & Weigall excavations, 1905. Dynasty 18
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