Emptying the Bab el Gasus tomb.
A watercolor drawing by Marianne Brocklehurst who was one of the few travelers present. See Janes, The Amasis Collection for a detailed description pg. 261-270
Photo courtesy West Park Museum Macclesfield via IW

Transport of the coffins to the Nile
The second watercolor drawing by Marianne Brocklehurst. See Janes
Photo courtesy West Park Museum Macclesfield via IW

Photo by Daressy on February 5th, 1891 of the local workers who helped emptying the tomb and transport to the river. See Janes, The Amasis Collection pg. 269,  for the authentication of known persons.
Photo: Facebook

Shabtis of the Tomb of the Priests of Amun

This page shows all shabti series found in the Bab el Gasus¹ tomb at Deir el-Bahri.

While visiting Hatshepsut Temple , most visitors have no idea that they are passing one of Egypt’s most important archaeological sites. The tomb is just a few meters from the visitor centre, but officials have not posted a sign to indicate the site

It was January 1891 when Mohammed Abd el-Rassul, the same person who unveiled the Royal Cache DB320 ( Cache I ) with royal mummies, told Eugène Grébaut that he had found a new grave. After opening, they discovered another exceptional group funeral dated to 950 BC containing 153 coffins (101 double) and 153 mummies of the priests Amun, princesses and princes ( Cache II )

The Egyptologist George Daressy, assistant of Eugène Grébaut, the head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, was responsible for emptying the tomb. Mr. Urbain Bouriant, director of the French archaeological mission, assisted Daressy

Bouriant and Grébaut initially recorded shabtis from 58 individuals. However, my research has identified a total of 70 persons associated with shabtis. Of these:

• 62 are confirmed
• 6 are presumed based on Newberry’s notes indicating ‘Not in Daressy’ when he inventoried the Bab el Gasus shabtis
• 1 is inferred from the existence of two Books of the Dead and two Amduat books bearing the person’s name, along with two distinct shabti types
• 1 is based on circumstantial evidence

In this study, the names of individuals identified through Newberry’s notes are presented in italics

Of the 70 people I recorded, 39 are male and 31 are female

Bouriant initially reported the discovery of 110 shabti boxes. However, my research has only been able to trace 59 shabti boxes, with or without inventory numbers. Of these, 28 are documented with photographs, 4 anonymous and 17 with textual references. The majority of the shabti boxes remain unaccounted for, suggesting they may be unregistered, anonymous, donated, sold, or lost

The coffins and other grave goods were removed from the grave in just 9 days from 5 to 13 February 1891. The tomb was quickly emptied due to safety concerns. Daressy slept in a tent next to the entrance to the shaft to guard the find

Most of the coffins were double (101) and consisted of an outer and inner coffin, 52 single ones were found, so 254 in all. The coffins were sent to Cairo and in 1893 several coffins, boxes and shabtis were selected as a gift from the Khedive of Egypt Abbas II Helmy Bey, in favor of 17 museums in several other countries. Today, at least 30 museums around the world display the famous so-called “yellow” coffins

In the tomb Daressy made a list of the owners of the coffins found. Bouriant did the same outside the tomb and registered the owners of the coffins, shabtis, Osiris statuettes (77) and (shabti) boxes with their own numbering. When the coffins arrived at the museum in Giza, they were again assigned a number, the so-called Journal d’Entrée number (JE). In 1907 the combined lists were published in Cercueils des Prètres d’Amon

Unfortunately, mistakes have been made and nowadays there are international initiatives (for example The Vatican Coffin Project ) to find out where things went wrong, so that an unambiguous cataloguing can still take place

Prof. Niwinski dates the mass reburial to the reign of King Psusennes II c. 959-945 BC

Today the tomb is used by the Polish mission for the preservation of finds

1 – During the decades following the discovery, several names were introduced for the find, including names as Tomb of the Priests, Bab el-Gasus, Bab el-Gassous, Bab el-Gaswasa, Second Cache, Cache II, Second Deir el-Bahari Cache, Door of the Priests and Gate of the Priests. In my publications, I use the name Bab el Gasus, abbreviated as B&G

This overview would not exist without the help, research and publications of

Prof. Andrzej Niwinski, a renowned specialist in religious and mythological iconography of the 21st and 22nd dynasties, has made significant contributions to research on coffins, papyri, and other artifacts from the Third Intermediate Period. His high-quality publications have greatly enhanced our understanding of this era. Without his research, this BeG shabti publication would be far less comprehensive. Prof. Niwinski’s enthusiasm and extensive knowledge of the Third Intermediate Period continue to inspire scholars in the field

Miguel Ángel Escobar Clarós, a BeG specialist who has conducted unprecedented in-depth research on the discovery of Bab el-Gasus, the various owners of the shabtis found there, and their distribution to museums and institutions worldwide. His enthusiasm and scientific approach have inspired many, including myself, to delve deeper into the study of individual shabtis and trace their journeys to various museums and private collections around the globe

Niek de Haan, a researcher who studies and publishes information on specific groups of shabtis through the Academia group and on his website shabticollections.com. He has visited numerous museums to photograph shabtis, creating an extensive visual archive. Niek generously shared his shabti knowledge and photographs, which have proven to be an invaluable resource for this publication, especially given the difficulty in finding images of rare Cache II shabtis

Glenn Janes, an expert with unparalleled knowledge of shabtis, has compiled numerous publications and reference works featuring beautiful photographs, finely detailed descriptions, and an extensive array of parallels and references for each shabti he documents. His works are a treasure trove for shabti research and reference in any library. His comprehensive reference materials are always at hand, serving as an indispensable resource for fact-checking and refining this site’s content

Liliane Aubert,  who, with her 1998 publication, for the first time provided a fairly complete and well-founded overview of the BeG shabtis and laid the foundation for further research

Marianne Zarli, who has researched the BeG shabtis in Florence and created an awesome publication with fantastic photos in the book The tomb of the priests of Amun

Andreas von dem Berge,  who has provided professional 3D films, including many fantastic shabtis from the Royal Cache and Bab el Gasus

Bab el Gasus database

In collaboration with the InVisu Laboratory (INHA – French National Centre for Scientific Research), France Jamen and Alain Dautant have created a database for the Bab el-Gasus cache. The current version (April 2023) contains all the names (223) and titles (274) of the 153 deceased buried in this tomb and 70 related persons along with a first set of 1280 funerary objects conserved in 97 museums in 26 countries. The database is accessible here

Relevant publications

Les sépultures des prêtres d’Ammon à Deir el-Bahari by M. Georges Daressy 1900
– overview of the location of the coffins in the tomb

Cercueils des Prètres d’Amon, deuxième trouvaille de deir El-Bahari by M. Georges Daressy 1907
– composite overview of Daressy’s A and B lists

La seconde trouvaille de Deir el-Bahari – Catalogue Général du Musée du Caire, Nos 6001-6029 – Emile Chassinat 1909
– BeG coffins in the Cairo Museum

Les statuettes funéraires de la deuxième cachette à Deir El Bahari by Liliane Aubert 1998 – Bulte, J. – Yoyotte, J.
– first good description of the BeG shabtis, a standard work for the BeG shabtis

The tomb of the priests of Amun by Rogério Sousa (editor); Maria Cristina Guidotti, Marianne Zarli, e.o. 2019
– excellent publication with fantastic photos of the coffin sets and BeG shabtis in Florence

Bab El-Gasus in Context: Rediscovering the Tomb of the priests of Amun, 2021
– 576-page edition with mainly black and white photos includes a wide range of articles including an overview of the BeG papyri by Giuseppina Lenzo, but unfortunately only a short article with a single photo of the shabtis in Berlin

The Shabti Box A Typological Study, OMRO 74, David Aston 1994
– extensive overview of shabti coffins with a classification by type and period

21st Dynasty coffins from Thebes: Chronological and typological studies, by Andrzej Niwinski 1988
– outstanding standard reference publication for coffins of Thebes from the Third Intermediate Period

Estatuetas funerárias Egípcias da XXI dinastia, by Luís Manuel de Araújo 2003
– extensive overview (more than 1100 pages) of shabtis from the Third Intermediate Period with beautiful photos showing both the front and the back of the shabtis

Burial Assemblages of Dynasty 21-25: Chronology – Typology – Developments by David Aston 2009
– very complete and standard reference of the burial assemblages of Dynasty 21-25

Studies on the illustrated Theban Funerary Papyri of the 11th and 10th Centuries B.C. by Prof. Andrzej Niwinski, 1989
– another amazing work from this author. In my overview I have taken the liberty of showing the notes from his publication to quickly get a complete overview of the papyri that can be attributed to a shabti

Contribution à l’étude de l’Amdouat: Les variantes tardives du Livre de l’Amdouat dans les papyrus du Musée du Caire by Sadek, Abdel-Aziz Fahmy 1985
– extensive reference publication of the Amdouat papyri in Cairo

Mythological papyri, by Alexandre Piankoff and Natacha Rambova, 1957
– this well written publication includes the complete photographic recording important mythological papyri (many from Bab el Gasus), and miscellaneous cosmological texts and symbolical representations. The series includes, where possible, the full translation of texts

Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire compiled by Michael Tilgner and Ingeborg Waanders, with major additions by Alain Dautant
– unlocks free access to searchable standard high quality reference works

Funerary Statuettes and Model Sarcophagi, Percy E. Newberry 1930, 1937, 1957
Fascicule 1, Le Caire, 1930, CG 46530-48273
Fascicule 2, Le Caire, 1937, CG 48274-48575
Fascicule 3, Le Caire, 1957, Indices and Planches
– standard reference for shabtis in the Cairo Museum

Bab el Gusus, Cache-tomb of the priests & priestesses of Amen
– excellent article about the tomb by Jadwiga Lipinska in KMT, Volume 4, Issue 4, Winter 1993-1994

Priests of the Amen Cache
– extensive description of the find with unique photos. Also two unique realistic sketches made by European tourists who stayed in Luxor at the time of the excavation. Can be found in Glenn Jane’s publication ‘The Amasis Collection’, 2020, p. 261-271

Shabtis: A Private View
– a stunning publication by Glenn Janes about shabtis of all periods. With full-size photos of shabtis, back and front view and useful references

Ägyptische Totenfiguren aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Schweiz
– an important reference work by Schlögl and Brodbeck, showing the front and back (black/white) of the shabtis and recording in-depth research for each shabti

Shabtis
– this publication of Prof. Hans Schneider needs no further introduction. It offers an unparalleled detailed overview of an enormous amount of shabtis

Prof. Dr. Siegfried Schott (1897-1971) photo archive
Ancient Egyptian Monuments and Antiquities in Photographs of the Early 20th Century

Abbreviations and references

BeG = Bab el Gasus

BD = Book of the Dead (usually enclosed in wooden Osiris or Ptah-Sokar statue)
BA = Amduat papyrus (usually between the mummy’s legs)
MP = Magical papyrus (usually attached around the mummy’s neck)

Cairo museum numbering system from highest to lowest rank
CG = Catalogue General of Egyptian Antiquities in the Cairo Museum (published objects)
JE = Journal of Entry number Cairo Museum (begun 19th century)
T =Temporary Register Cairo (begun in 1914)
SR or S.R. = Special Registers Cairo (begun in 1959-60)
nnnn.. = Exhibition numbers Cairo (at the objects in the cabinets)

OC: = Outer coffin (CG… top/lid – CG… bottom)
IC: = Inner coffin (CG… top/lid – CG… bottom)
MB: = Mummy board
based on Niwinski 21st Dynasty Coffins (after Brunton & Guēraud) pg. 202-204 Table III

Note: In the coming years, a number of coffins are likely to be renumbered or relocated in response to the Vatican-initiated investigation of 21st dynasty coffins, see the  Vatican Coffin Project

Typology shabti boxes (Aston, The Shabti Box A Typological Study)
Va = pictorial style with 3 lids (average dimensions 40-60 long, 30 cm wide)
Vb = inscriptional style with 3 lids
Vc = undecorated with 3 lids
VIa = pictorial style with 2 lids
VIb = inscriptional style with 2 lids
VIc = undecorated with 2 lids

Photo and publication credits
VB = Dik van Bommel (author), photos are free to use as you wish. If you intend to use them commercially, please verify that the original photos are mine. If they are not, please contact the rights holder for permission. Other images (not VB) may be subject to copyright.
NH = Niek de Haan www.shabticollections.com
GJ = Glenn Janes www.shabtis.com
Internet or other publications. If known I mention the source
For the sake of fast reference, I also added scans of the amazing works of Professor Andrzej Niwinski, Abdel-Aziz Fahmy Sadek, Percy E. Newberry and of course Georges Daressy 

Authors of reference material
Zarli = Marianne Zarli who did an awesome job cataloguing the Florence Cache II shabtis in the Tomb of the Priests of Amun
Aston = Burial Assemblages of Dynasty 21-25 and The Shabti Box A Typological Study
Aubert = Liliane Aubert, Les statuettes funéraires de la Deuxième Cachette à Deir el-Bahari
Niwinski = Studies on the illustrated Theban Funerary Papyri of the 11th and 10th Centuries B.C. and 21st Dynasty Coffins from Thebes
Daressy’s coffins, Bouriant’s shabti boxes list and Daressy’s/Bouriants’s shabti list = Cercueils des Prètres d’Amon, deuxième trouvaille de deir El-Bahari

Combined (coffin) list, Daressy 1907 (composition of the lists made during the excavation)
Column 1 = A-list number noted by Daressy in the BeG tomb, used to identify the coffins
Column 2 = B-list number noted by Bouriant outside the tomb (he numbered various other items like Osiris statuettes and shabti boxes, so his numbers do not match the ones from the A-list)
Column 3 = Entry number(s) of the coffins in the Cairo Museum, JE 29nnn
Column 4 = Catalog number or Lot number distribution
Column 5 = Name and / or object description
Source: ‘ Les cercueils des prêtes d’Ammon‘, 1907

Example combined (coffin) list

Because it turned out that this list is not complete, I have included the proven and plausible owners in the overview and that brings the total number of different owners to possibly 70

Column 1 = Name on the shabtis noted by Daressy/Bouriant
Column 2 = A-list (coffin) number by Daressy
Column 3 = Material of which the shabti is made
Source: ‘ Les cercueils des prêtes d’Ammon‘, 1907

Amenhatpamecha – imn-HAt-pA-mSa
Ranke I, pg. 28, 10, Ranke II, pg. 340, 28.10
Also known as Amenemhatpamecha, Amenhatpamesha, Amenemhet, Imenhatpamecha, Amumemhatpamescha
The name means ‘Amun is at the front of his army’, ‘Amun is the commander/chief of the army’, see the remarks at type 4
Daressy A.124
4 types (2 or more persons?)

Burial c. 978 BC (Aston)

Family
Recorded on papyrus S.R.VII.11495 as son of Ankhefenmut (Daressy A.16, no shabtis, not in this overview)

Coffins
Associated with coffin(s) JE 29696, OC: CG-6001-6062. The link to the anonymous coffin A.124 seems based on the papyri found with a mummy attributed to this coffin.

Two or more persons?
In a study (2025), Glenn Janes demonstrates that multiple individuals named Amenhatpamecha were interred in the Bab el Gasus tomb. 

Two papyri contain the title Hry qariw, which was originally translated on this site (< 12-2023) as Chief of the Gold Diggers. In Hannig (Agyptisch – Deutsch, p.921) this is written as Hry qwrw

Titels on S.R.VII.10230 and S.R.VII.11495

Devereaux (Document 19) comes up with the title Chief of Chariot Drivers . This doesn’t seem a good translation because driver is written as mhnti and chariot is written as wrryt or mrkbt. Charioteer (Chariot Driver) is written as qDn

My suggestion is Chief of the Shield Bearers Hry qraw (Hannig, Deutsch – Agyptic, p. 1109). The first three hieroglyphs of the title on the papyri do not correspond to qra, as it says qar, but this seems a possibility if the writer used graphical transposition. The writer could render  qra most beautifully in this way. So qraw seems an option. I can’t find a reference to this title and am not an expert on titles or Egyptian script, so other suggestions are most welcome

It is broadly assumed that the two papyri BD 10230 and BA 11495 (God’s father of Amun and Chief of the Shield Bearers) belong to the shabtis of Amenhatpamecha

However, since the two other papyri of the same name BD 11502 (God’s father of Amun-Ra, King of the God’s, Prophet of the Horus of Hefat, God’s father of Mut) and BA 10233 (God’s father of Amun-Ra) are also from Bab el Gasus according to Niwinski’s research, Glenn Janes concludes that there have been more than one priest named Amenhatpamecha interred at Bab el Gasus

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10230, Cairo 67

Book of the Dead for Amenhatpamecha
Length 245 cm, height 23 cm
God’s father of Amun and Chief of the Shield Bearers
See also Niwinski Studies on the illustrated Theban Funerary Papyri 1989 plate 26a, 26-28
Panorama view, VB 2021

Amduat papyrus for Amenhatpamecha
Length 388 cm, height 23 cm
God’s father of Amun and Chief of the Shield Bearers
Recorded as son of Ankhefenmut (Daressy A.16, no shabtis, not in this overview)
Panorama view, VB 2021

Book of the Dead for Amenhatpamecha
Attribution to BeG – Niwinsky
God’s father of Amun-Ra, King of the God’s, Prophet of the Horus of Hefat, God’s father of Mut

Ref. No. S.R.VII.10233, Cairo 70

Amduat papyrus for Amenhatpamecha
Attribution to BeG – Niwinsky
God’s father of Amun-Ra, King of the God’s
Amenhatpamecha, Contribution à l’étude de l’Amdouat, © Sadek 1985, C24 Planche 34-35, for description see page 180-182

Newberry
All 24 worker shabtis registered by Newberry CG 46714-46732 – CG 46759-46763 are between 12 cm and 12.5 cm. Although I am listing 4 different types here because I see obvious differences, Newberry registered them as one series

The 4 overseers measure 13.5 cm and are listed as CG 46764-46767 . The overseer of type 3 measures 12 cm (1.5 cm shorter than the ones in the Cairo Museum

Daressy – Bouriant

Amenhatpamecha – imn-HAt-pA-mSa
Type 1  – Janes Type A
Characteristic of this series are the slim version, the narrow arms with small hands. Often the title God’s Father of Amun is mentioned and there are usually no vertical lines to the left and right of the hieroglyphs

The text (hieroglyphs) on the shabtis of type 1 alternates from left to right and vice versa

Worker Cairo Museum label 10320 12.5 cm, overseer Galerie Eberwein 2014, approx. 12.5 cm
Photo: worker VB Cairo 2015, overseer Galerie Eberwein 2014

All around movie of the overseer and a anomalous worker with the arms left over right like Type 3, see Janes
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022/2024

Amenhatpamecha – imn-HAt-pA-mSa
Type 2 – Janes Type B
Slightly firmer than type 1, arms and hands more robust than the narrow arms and small hands of the first type, the inscription without title is in a frame. Newberry made no registration for this type with vertical lines next to the hieroglyphs.

Thanks to a tip from Glenn Janes the overseer is added to this overview (11-2023) but he also noticed that there are no examples to be found in the Cairo Museum nor in the various museums
in the 17 countries that received the so–called Lots that were distributed by the Egyptian government, so the connection with BeG is not certain.

Worker: private collection UK, ex Michel Phillipe (see Aubert pg. 65, Planche I) 12.5 cm. Overseeer 13.8 cm in Assisi, published in Catalogo regionale dei beni culturali dell’Umbria Raccolte Comunali di Assisi. Antichità Egizie, by Gloria Rosati , p. 231, photo is from this publication
Photo: worker  Glenn Janes

Amenhotep – imn-Htp
Ranke I, pg. 30, 12, Ranke II, pg. 341
Also known as Imenhotep, Imenipet, Amenhetep, Amunemhotep
The name means ‘Amun is merciful’
Daressy A.39

God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Scribe of the army recruits, Wab-priest of Mut in the temple of Amun

Family
Son of a Aset (perhaps our Aset/Isis in this overview?)

Coffins
Coffins JE (unknown) in The Smithsonian in Washington IC: Inv.no. A154959, MB: A364999 (register entry) and part of the coffin in London BM EA15658. The coffin? can be dated to c. 1050-950 BC (Aston)

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.IV.543 = JE 95646, Cairo 9, Type BD.II.1 Niwinski

The worker shabtis vary in length and can measure between 8.8 cm and 10.5 cm. Several moulds may have been used. Here is an example of two shabtis from a Dutch collection. The one on the left is 98mm and the other one 88mm. Photo: Niek de Haan 2021

Various
See also shabticollections SC/43 and for a nice overseer Les statuettes funéraires de la deuxième cachette à Deir El Bahari, pg. 54 and pg. 66 planche II, Liliane Aubert 1998

Daressy – Bouriant

Amenniutnakht – imn-niwt-nxt
Ranke I, pg. 29, 12, Ranke II, pg. 341, 29.12
Also known as Amennioutnakht
The name means ‘Amun of the victorious city’
Daressy A.81
2 types

Pontificate Pinedjem II and Amenemope c. 1001-992 BC (Aston), the shabti box is dated to the period c. 990-984 BC (Aston, The shabti box, a typological study)

God’s father of Amun, Wab-priest, Wab-priest of the House of Anubis, Overseer of the Wab-priests, Overseer of the Secrets of Amun, Chamberlain of Amun, Mut and Khonsu, Chamberlain of the Lord of the two Lands, Overseer of the engravers in the domain of Amun

Coffins
JE 29649 in Cairo IC: CG-6173-6174, MB: CG-6196

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10224, Cairo 61

Book of the Dead for Amenniutnakht
Length 513 cm, height 23 cm
Panorama view, VB 2021

MP S.R.IV.946 = JE 95848 = CG 58025, Cairo H

Shabti boxes
There should be one shabti box of Amenniutnakht type Va in Cairo, JE 29278. As the box is registered, I hope to obtain a photo in due course

Newberry
Registered 25 workers and 8 overseers under the name niwt-nxt CG 47951-47983 , he left out ‘Amun’ – ‘imn’

Daressy – Bouriant

Amenniutnakht – imn-niwt-nxt
Type 1 .
White background with neatly drawn hieroglyphs
Worker CG 47955 approx. 6.7 cm in Cairo, overseer also in Cairo approx. 6.5 cm
Photo: VB 2015
Here the worker with two overseers of approx. 6.5 cm (overseer in the middle is probably labelled 10337) in the Cairo Museum, photo: VB 2015

All around movie of another worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022

Amenpermut – imn-pr-mwt
Ranke I, pg. 28, 4
Also known as Imenpermout, Imenpermut, Amenpermout
His name means ‘Amun is in the house of Mut’
Daressy A.93

God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods

Coffins
JE 29706 (attributed to a person named Padiamun, usurped by
Amenpermut, dated c. 1050-1040 BC) IC: CG-6152-6153, MB: CG-6160 in Cairo, maybe inside an Osiris figure JE 29317 a funerary papyrus (Aston)

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Various
Little is known about this mysterious shabti. The fragility and unsightly appearance may be the cause. It is plausible that Daressy and Bouriant saw this series and that the shabtis were present at the tomb. Newberry found 10 examples in the Cairo Museum and registered them under the name Mut without attribution to the Bab el Gasus Cache

Newberry
Registered 10 workers CG 48155-48159, CG 48170-48174

Daressy – Bouriant

A potential overseer for this shabti is possibly kept in MAEC Cortona, see here

At least five individuals with this name seem to have been buried in Cache II. Two sets shabtis of Ankhefenkhonsu are known and Daressy attributed the first set to A.108.

Zarli mentions that Aubert has attributed those with the small eyes to A.33 and those with the large eyes to A.108. Unfortunately, on both types the eyes can be nicely painted, so the one with small eyes in Aubert pg. 57 is not exemplary for the rest. Nor are there any titles on the shabtis that we can use to solve the mystery. So, for now it is impossible to assign a series to a particular owner. This is confirmed by Aubert by showing them together in one overview on page 56

What we do know is that the shabtis of the first type (A.108 in this overview) were included in the lots that went to the museums in 1893 and that Newberry also found them in the Cairo museum. Little is known about the second set (A.33), apart from Aubert’s documentation (pg. 56-57). Since Liliane Aubert has recorded the second set, I assume that she has strong indications of its origin from BeG. The shabtis may have been resold (most likely by the Cairo Museum) on the open market

I do not follow the indication in Aubert (page 56, top), as I am convinced that the first series belongs to A.108, as they were the only series in the distribution to the museums

The second series (A.33 in this overview) differ from the first series by: large eyes, less slim and little more stocky, less neatly written with bold hieroglyphs (see the examples in Aubert, pg. 57), headband, thinner white underlay and the spell starts with Shedj

Newberry
Registered 10 workers and 10 overseers in the Cairo Museum CG 47984-48003 of the first type, there is no indication that he found the second type.

Ankhefenkhonsu (I) – anxf-n-xnsw
Daressy A.108 (first series)
God’s father of Amun-Ra, the kings of the gods, Beloved by the God, Overseer of the secrets , Overseer of the engravers in the domain of Amun

Coffins
JE 29663 in Cairo OC: CG-6208-6209, IC: CG-6210|6193, MB: CG-6194

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.IV.556 = JE 95658, Cairo 19

Ref. No. S.R.IV.554 = JE 95656 (anonymous), Cairo 17
Attribution to this owner probably not correct, see papyrus for Herytubekhet

Shabti boxes

Daressy – Bouriant

Ankhefenkhonsu (II) – anxf-n-xnsw
Daressy A.33 (second series, shabti attribution by Aubert to BeG)
God’s father of Amun, Overseer of the metallurgists in the domain of Amun, Chief Wab-priest allowed to stay before Amun in Karnak

Coffins
JE 29630 + JE 29729 in Copenhagen Inv.no. 3910

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Funerary papyri
Book of the Dead in the Vatican Ref. No. 19651 (Aston pg. 168)
Ref. No. S.R.IV.1003, Cairo 52, see Sadek pg. 169-17

Ankhefenkhonsu (II), Contribution à l’étude de l’Amdouat, © Sadek 1985, C21 Planche 32, for description see page 169-172
Daressy

Ankhefenkhonsu – anxf-n-xnsw
Daressy A.3 – No shabtis attributed
Wab-priest of Amun
Coffins JE 29690 in Madrid Inv.no. IC: + MB: 18256
Daressy

Ankhefenkhonsu – anxf-n-xnsw
Daressy A.63 – No shabtis attributed
Title unknown
Coffins JE 29684 in Istanbul Inv.no. 10892
Daressy

Ankhefenkhonsu – anxf-n-xnsw
Daressy A.112 – No shabtis attributed
Wab-priest of Amun
Coffins no. unknown
Daressy 

Ankhefenkhonsu (I) – anxf-n-xnsw
A.108  (first series).
Worker MNA E93 10.6 cm, overseer MNA E95 10.4 cm
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisboa
No headband (fillet). There are short and long examples of this type. A worker A154907-0 in Washington is 12.4 cm
Photo: VB 2009

Here a nice worker in Stockholm NME 912

Ankhefenmut C – anxf-n-mwt
Ranke I, pg. 67, 8
Also known as Ankhefenmout, Anchefenmut
The name means ‘He lives for Mut’
Daressy A.140

God’s father of Amun, God’s father of Mut the great, mistress of Isheru

Family
Son of HPA Menkheperra A and (half-)brother of  Pinedjem II , Hori , Tjanefer ,  Gautseshenu A  and Meretamen

Coffins
JE 29730 = JE 29741) OC: CG-6093-6092, IC: CG-6091|6095, MB: CG-6094 (Brunton & Guēraud). In Aston OC: CG-6064 usurped from Tenetmerpare, IC: CG-6065 and MB: CG-6066. The coffins have been dated to the period c. 1010-965 BC.
NB. In Vienna we can see a beautiful lid of an inner coffin of a namesake from the Bab el Gasus tomb KHM 6267A belonging to Daressy A.68 (no shabtis known)

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10652 = T.14/7/35/9, Cairo 105

Ref. No. S.R.VII.10274, Cairo 103

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Newberry
Registered 5 workers and 5 overseers in the Cairo Museum CG 48160-48169

Daressy – Bouriant

Ankhefenmut C – anxf-n-mwt
Worker  Louvre E22075 12.8 cm, overseer Cairo 7953 approx. 12.5 cm
Photo: worker unknown, overseer VB 2015

An overview of known shabtis with references by Glenn Janes can be found here

More info in  Schlögl/Brodbeck 1990 pg. 150-151

Ankhesenmut – anxs-n-mwt
Ranke I, pg. 67, 20
Also known as Ankhesenmout, Anchesenmut
The name means ‘She lives for Mut’
Daressy A.38

Pontificate of Pinedjem II, c. 1001-976 BC (Aston)

Mistress of the House, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Musician of the choir of Mut

Family
Liliane Aubert (pg. 58) suggests that Ankhesenmut could be Hor’s daughter, based on the London BM EA10036 and Richmond papyri belonging to a Henuttawy (Niwinski 1989 p. 330 and 364)

Coffins
JE 29675 in Cairo OC: CG-6158-6159, IC: CG-6147-6148, MB: CG-6149

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10255, Cairo 90

Ref. No. S.R.IV.528 – JE 95637, Cairo 4, suggested to attribute to Ankhesenmut, Aubert, pg. 58
In the Cairo Museum in room 29, there are four sheets that could also belong to a papyrus by this lady

Various
Zarli suggests the existence of a second series based on shape and writing. In this series the throne of Osiris and the flowers at the bottom are depicted from left to right. This is not really out of the ordinary as it occurs on more shabtis. The body is thicker. We also see this more often with shabtis that are made of clay, they can deviate up to about 10% in width, thickness and length. In my opinion, only one series has been made. Here is a comparison between the two writing styles. The Cairo one compared with a shabti from a Dutch private collection, photo: NH 2021. Here another overview

See The Tomb of the Priests of Amun, 2019, p. 353-354 and for more photo’s Araújo pg. 607-610

Daressy – Bouriant

The name means ‘The servant of the servant’?

Newberry
Registered some series with the remark ‘Not in Daressy’. And indeed, neither Bouriant nor Daressy have noted Bakenbak. One might think that Newberry has assumed that this shabti came from Bab el Gasus. For the sake of completeness, I have included the series in this overview. The names of the shabtis of which it is not certain whether they come from the Bab el Gasus tomb is shown in italics

Newberry has registered 4 workers  CG 46597-46600

Bakenmut (I) – bAk-n-mwt
Ranke I, pg. 91, 9
Also known as Bakenmout, Baakenmut
The name means ‘The servant of Mut’
Daressy A.94

God’s father of Mut the great, mistress of Isheru, Wab-priest, Goldsmith in the domain of Amun

Coffins
JE 29714 in Istanbul Inv.no.-10866-10868

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.IV.982 = JE 95880, Cairo 45

Amduat papyrus for Bakenmut (I)
Length 252 cm, height 22 cm
See Mythological Papyri 1957, Piankoff and Rambova Plate 20, for description see page 163-168
See Schott 1965, page 194-195 Plate 3
Panorama view, VB 2024

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Newberry
Registered 10 workers without title, 2 workers with the title Wab-priest of Amun, 1 worker with the title God’s father of Mut and 8 overseers CG 46604-46623, CG 46697

Daressy – Bouriant

Bakenmut (II) – bAk-(n)-mwt
Ranke I, pg. 91, 9
Also known as Bakenmout, Baakenmut
The name means ‘The servant of Mut’
Daressy A.40

God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods

Coffins
JE 29650 in BM, London Inv.no. BM OC: EA24792, IC: EA24798 and MB: EA24799

Candidate Shabti box
One shabti box (type VIb) in Cleveland

Shabti box of Bakenmut (II) type VIb
One shabti box (type VIb) in Cleveland CMA 14.719 acquired in 1914, name and title are correct but exact provenance is unknown, 44.6 cm x 28 cm. The likelihood that this shabti box belongs to B&G may not be very high, because both the inner and outer coffins are in London, and in Cleveland there is only an inner coffin with the same title and name without provenance information
Photo: website Cleveland Museum

Daressy – Bouriant

Bakenmut (II) – bAk-(n)-mwt
Worker approx. 11 cm, see for more photo’s Araújo pg. 712-714. Here four workers in private collections
Photo: Niek de Haan

Dikhonsuiry – di-xnsw-iry
Ranke I, pg. 397, 17
Also known as Dikhonsouiry, Diekhonsiri, Dikhonsuiri, Dichonsiri
The name means ‘Khonsu gives a companion’
Daressy A.49

God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Scribe of the domain of Amun, Royal scribe, Wab-priest at the prow of the barque of Khonsu

During the examination of the Bab el Gasus coffins in Leiden, the name (in hieratic) of a namesake was found at the coffin of A.47. He may have been part of a team that had to bring the coffins to safety (RMO magazine no. 36 pg. 28)

Coffins
JE 29733 in Cairo OC: CG-6266-6267, IC: CG-6263|6265, MB: CG-6264

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10236, Cairo 73

Daressy – Bouriant

Dikhonsuiry – di-xnsw-iry
Worker British Museum EA24861 9.4 cm. Overseer (based on typology) Lisboa MNA-E106 10.2 cm
Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum, overseer © Estatuetas funerárias Egípcias da XXI dinastia, 2002 pg. 770

Djedkhonsuiuefankh (I) – Dd-xnsw-iwf-anx
Ranke I, pg. 412, 4
Also known as Djedkhonsouioufankh, Djedkhonsefankh, Djedkhonsuiufankh
The name means ‘Khonsu has said, he will live’
Daressy A.141 or A.8 or A.107

God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Steward, Overseer of the double Granary, Chief scribe of Amun-Ra

Family
The owner of A.141 is the son of Shedsuhor

Attribution to BeG
In several publications the Wab-priest Djedkhonsuiuefankh has been linked to A.141 but given the lack of the correct title this seems incorrect. A papyrus found in A.141 confirms the title ‘Overseer of the double Granary’ who, as far we know, was not a Wab-priest

Three or four namesakes were buried in the Bab el Gasus and no definitive attribution can be made.

The ‘Overseer of the graneries’ series that surfaced shortly after the find is to be considered as owner of A.141 due to its title and design. Unfortunately, the ‘Overseer of the Granaries’ shabtis were not included in the lots that went to the 17 countries in 1893, but there is evidence that this series was sold to collectors soon after its discovery. Miguel Ángel Escobar Clarós, who examined the journey of the series in 2008, has found several indications to support this theory (not published yet)

Newberry
No registration

Djedkhonsuiuefankh – Dd-xnsw-iwf-anx
Daressy A.8
Coffins JE 29688 in France at the Louvre IC: E10636, in Lyon MB: E10637 Inv. no. H2322, see Dautant/Jamen, see ‘Inventory of the yellow coffins in the French museums’. There are several coffins with the same name and one of them (N.2585) belonged to a Djedkhonsefankh, son of Nespernub dated c. 930-880 BC, the other coffins are of later date and cannot be part of the BeG find, see Aston p. 165

Daressy

Djedkhonsuiuefankh – Dd-xnsw-iwf-anx
Daressy A.107
Wab-priest of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods
Coffins unknown, only mummy with his name and title and the funerary papyrus
Ref. No. S.R.IV.932 = JE 95835, Cairo 30

Djedkhonsuiuefankh – Dd-xnsw-iwf-anx
Daressy A.141
God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Steward, Overseer of the double Granary, Chief scribe of Amun-Ra

Family
Son of Shedsuhor (Niwinski pg. 142)

Coffins
JE 29620 and JE 29626 (supposedly sent to Russia but still in Cairo, Aston 2009)

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.11498 = T.14/7/35/2, Cairo 120

Ref. No. S.R.VII.10266 = 14/7/35/4, Cairo 95

Djedkhonsuiuefankh, Mythological Papyri 1957, © Piankoff and Rambova Plate 22, for description see page 171-176. Because the papyrus is more than 7 metres long, I have split the image above into two for display purposes

Daressy

Djedkhonsuiuefankh – Dd-xnsw-iwf-anx
Daressy A.( – )?

Funerary papyri
In Niwinski there are two other papyri for a Djedkhonsuiufankh that probably come from Bab el Gasus (Cairo 20 and Cairo 96)

Cairo 20 – Wab-priest of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Great singer of West-Thebes
Ref. No. S.R.IV.557 = JE 95659, Cairo 20

Book of the Dead for Djedkhonsuiuefankh
Length 139 cm, height 23 cm
Panorama view, VB 2021

Cairo 96 – Wab-priest of Amun-Ra, King of the Gods, God’s Father of Thoth, Lord of the City of the Eight, the Scribe
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10267, Cairo 96

Amduat papyrus for Djedkhonsuiuefankh
Length 354 cm, height 22 cm
See Mythological Papyri 1957, Piankoff and Rambova Plate 19, for description see page 156-162
Panorama view, VB 2022

Both papyri are not linked to a Daressy coffin, so it is impossible to determine where they belong, but both seem a good candidate for the shabti with the Wab-priest title, that one is certainly from the Bab el Gasus find

All around movies of the worker above and another one
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022/2024

Djedmaatiuesankh – Dd-mAat-iws-anx
Ranke I, pg. 410, 13, Ranke II, pg. 401
Also known as Djedmaatiousankh, Djedmaatesankh, Djedmaatiuesach
The name means ‘Maat has said, she will live’
Daressy A.109

Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods

Coffins
JE 29660 (usurped from Tenetwenemheretib) OC: CG-6213-6214, IC: CG-6182-6183, MB: CG-6184

Funerary papyri in Cairo
Ref. No. S.R.IV.542 = JE 95645, Cairo 8

Ref. No. S.R.IV.553 = JE 95655, Cairo 16

Shabti boxes
One shabti box (type VIa) in the Vatican Inv. No. 1252, the other one (type VIa) T.4/12/24/4 (exhibition no. 9102, Aston, The Shabti Box, 1994) in Cairo
See The Shabti Box: A Typological Study – David A. Aston pg. 29-30 for a description of both boxes
Pontificate HPA Menkheperra A c. 1051-1001 BC

Since October 2024 the shabti box is on display in the GEM in Cairo, here some addional photos A and B
Photos: VB 2024-11

Djedmaatiuesankh – Dd-mAat-iws-anx
Worker Washington A154936-0 approx. 11.5 cm, overseer Cairo CG 48146 11 cm
Photo: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Fascicle 3, Le Caire, 1957, Indices and Planches, plate XXXIX

There are several types in this group:
An overseer in the Cairo Museum has a black wig and white fillet, photo VB 2015
In Newberry the wigs of the overseers are white with a black fillet
At an auction of Artemission 0999 03-06-2024 Lot 548 the worker has a black wig without fillet
On a worker in Stockholm NME 913 we see an unusual depiction of the mouth, which appears to have been present on this type

All around movie of a worker with black wig without fillet
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2024

Djedmutiuesankh – Dd-mwt (-iws-anx)
Ranke I, pg. 410, 16
Also known as Djedmout, Djedmoutiousankh, Djedmutesankh
The name means ‘Mut has said, she will live’
Djedmut is an abbreviation of Djedmutiuesankh
Daressy A.110, Aubert A.45 and another namesake A.150

Chantress of Amun

Coffins
There are three coffins registered by Daressy on which the name Djedmutiuesankh appears. The ladies all have the title of singer of Amun. In the Bouriant/Daressy list the shabtis are linked to A.110, but this may not seem the right choice. Liliane Aubert links them to A.45 because on the Osiris shroud (Cairo SR 14388, which comes from A.45) the name Djedmut is shown as on her shabtis. Also, in Niwinski the shorter name seems to appear, see pg. 143

Unique feature
Several shabtis of Djedmutiuesankh have an unique feature. Instead of text they have a hastily painted pattern of horizontal lines in a vertical frame

Papyri
Not connected to a coffin is papyrus
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10223, Cairo 60

Shabti boxes
One shabti box (type VIb) in Stockholm NME 896

Djedmutiuesankh – Dd-mwt (-iws-anx)
Daressy A.45 (attribution by Aubert)
Chantress of Amun
Coffin JE 29652 in Istanbul Inv. No. 10872 by Niwinski and CG-6070-6072 in Cairo by Aston
Osiris shroud SR 14388 in Cairo

Daressy

Djedmutiuesankh – Dd-mwt (-iws-anx)
Daressy A.110 (attribution by Bouriant/Daressy)
Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Great musician of the choir of Mut
Coffin JE 29679 (usurped from  Shedsutaipet, according Aston) in Lisbon, but Niwinski links this coffin to A.150 and attributes an unknown coffin to the collection in Lisbon

Daressy – Bouriant

Djedmutiuesankh – Dd-mwt (-iws-anx)
Daressy A.150
Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Great musician of the choir of Mut on the Coffin JE 29679, in Cairo Inv. no. OC: CG-6113-(6114) IC: CG-6088|6090 MB: CG-6089, attribution by Niwinski, also in Porter & Moss I pg. 635. Aston attributes this coffin to A.110 and mentions a coffin for this owner in Dresden Inv.no Aeg 782 (pg. 193)

Funerary papyri
Two small papyri, one in Cairo no no. (C 25 in Sadek).  The titles Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun are on papyrus C 25 found on the mummy

Funerary papyrus Ref. No. S.R.VII.10220, Cairo 57

Daressy

Djedmutiuesankh – Dd-mwt(-iws-anx)
A.45 (attribution by Aubert, A.110 in Daressy)
Worker Washington A154915-0 approx. 9 cm
Photo: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Here two workers in the Cairo Museum with a frame with horizontal lines

Probably the overseers were made the same as the workers, except that a whip was painted in addition to the hoes, see Newberry’s notes

Dyrepu – dy-rpw
Not found in Ranke
Also known as Derepou, Direpu, Dirpu
Daressy A.123

Her name suggests she was of Nubian or Ethiopian descent (Bruyère, 1939)

Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods

Coffins
JE 29669 in Cairo OC: CG-6117-6118, IC: CG-6083-6084, MB: CG-6085 (Niwinski) CG-6059-6061 (Aston)

Funerary papyri
Book of the Dead Ref. No. S.R.IV.960 = JE 95860, Cairo 39

Ref. No. S.R.VII.10257, Cairo 92

Second shabti box of Dyrepu type VIb in Cairo JE 29281. As the box is registered, I hope to obtain a photo in due course

Daressy – Bouriant

Gautseshenu A – gAwt-sSnw
2 types
Ranke I, pg. 350, 6
Also known as Gautseshen, Gautsechen, Gautseschenu
The name means ‘The bundle of lotus flowers’
Daressy A.152

Mistress of the house, Superior of the harem of Amun in the third phyle (or Great chief of Amun’s sacred musical troupe in the third phyle), Superior of the harem of Montu, lord of Thebes, Chantress of Amun, Great musician of Mut

Liliane Aubert does not use the term ‘harem’ and writes that Gautseshenu is part of ‘du corps musical sacre d’Amon‘, the sacred musical body (group/troupe) of Amun. I could not find further reference for it, so I mention both translations

Family
She was the daughter of HPA Menkheperra A and Isetemkhebit C and was married to her half-brother  Tjanefer and was (half-)sister of  Pinedjem II , Hori , Tjanefer ,  Ankhefenmut  and Meretamen . Her daughter is Gautseshenu B . Her sons are Pinedjem A (A.146 not in this overview), Menkheperra B (A.147) and  Nesyamun (A.148), see Bab El-Gasus in Context: Rediscovering the Tomb of the priests of Amun, pg. 172-173

Coffins
In Cairo Inv.no. 29635, OC: + IC: + MB: no CG-number known

Funerary papyri
Book of the Dead Ref. No. S.R.IV.936 = JE 95838 = CG 40012, Cairo 32

Ref. No. S.R.VII.10265 = 14/7/35/3, Cairo 94, see Sadek 95-98

Daressy – Bouriant

Gautseshenu A – gAwt-sSnw A
Type 1 .
Worker shabticollections SC/70  12.2 cm, overseer Louvre E22121 13.5 cm
See other overseer 14 cm CG 46800 and worker 12.5 cm CG 46789 in Newberry, plate XXXVI
Photo: worker shabticollections.com, overseer internet
Overseer with a beautifully crafted wig and handsome face. Broken off under the skirt. To be found in the Badisches Landesmuseum in Kahrlsruhe
Photo: VB 2025-05

All around movie of another worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022

Gautseshenu B – gAwt-sSnw
Ranke I, pg. 350, 6
Also known as Gautseshen, Gautsechen, Gautseschenu
The name means ‘The bundle of lotus flowers’
Daressy A.139

Pontificate of Pinedjem II c. 1001-976 BC

Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Chantress in the domain of Mut (on the coffin in Leiden)

In Bab El-Gasus in Context: Rediscovering the Tomb of the priests of Amun 2021, pg. 207 Alba Maria Villar Gómez names the following titles on coffin CG-6013: xnmtt n xnsw pA-xrd – Wet nurse of Khonsu the child and  Hryt tiwt – (translation unknown to me)

Family
Daughter of  Gautseshenu A . Coffins JE 29617 in Cairo Inv.no. CG-6010-6011 (CG-6012 usurped from Nesamunnestawy) now in Leiden Inv.no OC: F93/10.1a, IC: F93/10.1b, MB: F93/10.1c, see ‘De reis van de kisten, 2013’

Funerary papyri
MP S.R.IV.944 = JE 95846 = CG 58002, Cairo G

Book of the Dead Ref. No. S.R.IV.1001, Cairo 51

Amduat papyrus for Gautseshenu B
Length 230 cm, height 23 cm
See Gautseshenu B, Contribution à l’étude de l’Amdouat, Sadek 1985, C19 Planche 30-31, for a description see pg. 159-162
Panorama view, VB 2021

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Daressy 

All around movie of an overseer
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2024

Henuttawy E – Hnwt-tAwy
2 types
Ranke I, pg. 244, 12
Also known as Henouttaouy, Henuttaui, Henettawy
The name means ‘The lady of the Two Lands’
Daressy A.64

Pontificate of Menkheperra A c. 1051-1001 BC

The noble lady, Chantress of Amun-Ra, Musician of the choir of Mut

Two types of this group were found, one group has an average size of 9.5 cm and the second group 12.5. Newberry also found a 14.5 cm overseer CG 48313, but I doubt if he belongs to this group

Coffins
JE 29656 (usurped from Nestanebettawy ) in Cairo OC: CG-6052|6050, IC: CG-6049-6048, MB: CG-6051, in Aston a reference to Seconde trouvaille, 27-45 of Niwinski CG-6036-6040

Daressy noted two sets of coffins attributed to a Henuttawy, A.136 JE 29614 now in Lisbon and A.64 (above) to which the shabtis have been assigned

Funerary papyri
Amduat Ref. No. S.R.IV.1531, Cairo 54

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Newberry
Registered 5 workers and 4 overseers of type 1 (9.5 cm) and 5 workers and 1 overseer for type 2 (12.5 cm) and an overseer of 14.5 cm under CG 47066-47080, CG 47864, CG 48313

Daressy – Bouriant

Henuttawy E – Hnwt-tAwy E
Type 1 – ca. 9.5 cm.
Worker Washington A154935-0 approx. 9 cm
Photo: worker Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

A possible overseer can be found in the British Museum, Inv. no. EA33894.
Niek de Haan spotted this one and suggested that the shabti may originate from Cache II. This seems plausible, as many such pieces were sold in Cairo and Luxor during the 1890s. However, I have found no further evidence regarding its provenance. The shabti was donated to the British Museum by Mrs. Hawker in 1900

Herytubekhet – Hryt-wbxt
Ranke I, pg. 253, 6, Ranke II, pg. 379
Also known as Heroubekht, Herouben, Harweben, Herytuben, Heroub, Herubechet, Heruben
The name means poetically translated ‘Luminous firmament (the vault of the heavens)’, Aubert pg. 82
She is named Harweben in Aston, Herytuben by Prof. Niwinski and Heroub by Brunton & Guēraud
Daressy A.133

Pontificate of Psusennes III c. 976-944 BC

Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Overseer of the harem of Amun in the fourth phyle (or Great chief of Amun’s sacred musical troupe in the fourth phyle), Second prophetess of Mut at the temple of birth, Third prophetess of Mut the great, mistress of Isheru

NB. Instead of ‘harem’ Liliane Aubert translates this part of the title as ‘du corps musical sacre’. Alba Maria Villar Gómez translates this part as ‘sacred musical troupe’

NB. In Bab El-Gasus in Context: Rediscovering the Tomb of the priests of Amun 2021, pg. 196 Alba Maria Villar Gómez names another unfortunately unspecified object with the important title ‘God’s mother of Khonsu (the child)) that was found in the funerary assemblage of Herytubekhet, a title that was also recorded for her mother Isetemkhebit D.  I am curious as to which object this is about, as on her papyri only ‘God’s mother of Khonsu’ is listed with her mother and she seems/is not connected to the cult of Khonsu, see pg. 197

Family
Daughter of Isetemkhebit D  (Royal Cache) and granddaughter of HPA Menkheperra A

Coffins
JE 29738 Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6275|6277, IC: CG-6276|6273, MB: CG-6474

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10256 = T.14/7/35/6, Cairo 91

Shabti boxes
Two shabti boxes (type Vb), one in Florence 8529 and one in Vienna KHM 6253

Second shabti box of Herytubekhet  type Vb
Vienna KHM 6253
Photo: VB 2022

Daressy – Bouriant

Herytubekhet – Hryt-wbxt
Worker MAEC, Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca e della Città di Cortona 10.5 cm, overseer in Cairo Museum with whip in right hand and long whip resting at the lower leg in the left hand, approx. 10 cm. Newberry lists them as 11 cm (1) and 13.2 cm (4)
Photo: worker Niek de Haan 2010, overseer VB 2015

Here a modified worker as overseer with (royal) beard 10.6 cm. For another overseer without beard? see shabticollections.com SC/69 and Janes, Shabtis 60a and 60b
Photo: worker Niek de Haan 2010, overseer Niek de Haan 2020

There are two types of this series and these differ, especially in size. The first type averages 10-11 cm and the second type averages 12-13 cm. The group of small and large overseers consists of modified workers with crossed arms holding a whip in the right hand and standard executed overseers with the right arm over the chest holding a whip and the other arm hanging down with or without whip

Hor – Hr.i
Ranke I, pg. 245, 18
Also known as Hori, Hory
The name means ‘Horus’
Daressy A.143

Pontificate Pinedjem II, coffins have been dated to c. 990-950 BC

God’s servant of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, God’s servant of Anubis and Khonsu, God’s servant of Hathor, mistress of the valley of Thebes, God’s servant of Seth of Sepemerou, God’s father of Mut, God’s father of Khonsu, God’s servant of Khonsu and Sobek, God’s servant of Amun-Ra lord of the throne of the two lands of Thebes

See for an overview of known shabtis of Hor in museums and private collections, The shabtis of the Prophet of Amun, Hor by Niek de Haan on shabticollections.com

Family
Son of HPA Menkheperra A and (half-)brother of  Pinedjem II , Tjanefer ,  Meretamen,  Ankhefenmut C  and  Gautseshenu A.  Liliane Aubert (pg. 58) suggests that Ankhesenmut could be  Hor’s  daughter, based on the London BM EA10036 and Richmond papyri belonging to a Henuttawy (Niwinski 1989 p. 330 and 364)

Coffins
JE 29619 (OC: IC: MB: no CG number, see Niwinski pg. 119/202), JE 29704 (outer – Aston)
Published by Hala Mostafa, The Coffin Set of Hori JE 29619 from the 21st Dynasty
See also ‘The Books of Netherworld on the Inner Coffin of Hori’ from the same author on the page of IWNW journal

Funerary papyri
Aston (p. 191) mentions a paprus but gives no reference. I have not found any other reference

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Newberry
Registered 10 workers and 14 overseers CG 46570-46589, CG 47171-47174

Daressy – Bouriant

All around movies of four workers (one, two, three, four) and an overseer
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022/2024

Iset (Isis) – Ast
Ranke I, Ast pg. 3, 18, Ranke I tA-aA(.t)-imn pg. 354, 15
Also known as Isis, Aset (also mentioned as Taaatemperimen (tA-aA(.t)-m-pr-imn) or abbreviated Taaatimen, rejected by Foy Scalf, see here)
Daressy A.127

Pontificate Pinedjem II

Chantress of Amun

Family
Maybe mother of Amenhotep

Coffins
JE 29672 Niwinski) Inv.no. CG-6162-6163 (Aston)

Funerary papyri
MP S.R.IV.990 = JE 95886 = CG 58026, Cairo J
MP S.R.IV.989 – A.127 (Aston A.66) – Cairo I
Aston connects this papyrus to Isety

Ref. No. S.R.IV.549 = JE 95651, Cairo 14

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Daressy

Isety – Ast.y
Ranke I, pg. 4, 13
Also known as Isty, Isis, Asty
The name means ‘Isis‘
Daressy A.66
Burial pontificate Psusennes II, see notes Aston pg. 175

Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods

Coffins
JE 29654 in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6198-6199, IC: CG-6164-6165, MB: CG-6161

Funerary papyri
MP S.R.IV.989 = JE 95885 = CG 58001 by Aston pg. 175
Because Aston believes that it is unusual for two magical papyri to be given to a single owner, he decided not to follow Niwiński’s identification of A.127 and instead linked it to A.66 himself. There is no evidence supporting this connection, and for the time being it is best to simply associate this papyrus with Iset and not with Isety; see also Foy Scalf

Ref. No. FM 31326, Chicago 1

Ref. No. S.R.VII.10239, Cairo 76

Shabti box of Isety type VIb in London, British Museum Inv.no. EA24895
Height 39 cm, length 42 cm, width 25 cm
Rectangular wooden shabti box of the Chantress of Amun Isety. Two vaulted lids and two divisions; exterior painted white with a vertical column of Hieroglyphic text on one sidewall; two round knobs in one side of box and in one lid; one in another lid. Remains of cord attached to lid and box. Stands on two wooden bars attached to base. Single line of hieroglyphs: The Osiris, Chantress of Amun, Asty. Donated by: Government of the British Protectorate of Egypt. Acquisition date 1893 – 1893,1014.95 – No photo available

Daressy – Bouriant

Reference on the B-list

Isetemkhebit – Ast-m-Ax-bit
Ranke I, pg. 4, 3
Also known as Isetemkheb, Isetemkhebi, Istemkheb, Asetemachbit, Asetemakhbit
The name means ‘Isis is in Ipu (Akhmim)‘
Daressy A.17, A.58, A.62, A.100 or A.126

Two shabti series from Isetemkhebit have been attributed to A.126, but it is likely that they are two different ladies. Five different burials have been found named to Isetemkhebit. 

This summary is based on research by Miguel Ángel Escobar Clarós. The allocation of the small series to A.100 is my suggestion because the lovely lady from A.100 may had a relationship with  Payefadjer   A.99. In the Bab el Gasus cache both shabti versions are unique in size and execution and may be husband and wife. If so, the small shabtis may belong to A.100, as her coffin was right next Payefadjer’s coffin. See the awesome map of Prof. Niwinski in ’21st Dynasty Coffins from Thebes’, pg. 196-197

Isetemkhebit – Ast-m-Ax-bit
Daressy A.17 – No shabtis attributed
The burial would date to the period c. 963/962-944-BC (Aston)
Chantress of Amun
Coffins JE 29699 in Cairo OC: CG-6218-6219, IC: CG-6177-6178, MB: CG-6179 (for Tenetpenherunefer (Aston))
Funerary papyrus
Book of the Dead Ref. No. S.R.IV.961 = JE 95861, Cairo 40, between the legs of the mummy

Daressy

Isetemkhebit – Ast-m-Ax-bit
Daressy A.58 – No shabtis attributed
Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods
Coffins JE 29640, JE 29689 now in Madrid Inv.no. 18257 (usurped from Ihy by Isetemkhebit K, Aston)
Funerary papyrus
Ref. No. S.R.VII.11490 = 14/7/35/1, Cairo 112

Daressy

Daressy

Isetemkhebit – Ast-m-Ax-bit
Daressy A.100 (attribution to Isetemkhebit II by author)
Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Musician of the choir of Mut

Coffins
JE 29717 in Cairo OC: CG-6010|6005. Niwinski suggests to connect this coffin (usurped from Pashedkhons by Isetemkhebit) to A.62.
Aston mentions a different coffin set in Cairo IC: CG-6124-6125, MB: CG-6123 (A.126 in Niwinski as 6006a|b)

Funerary papyri
None known

Shabti boxes
Bouriant mentions one box with the name of the ladies in this group (B.19), but it is not known to which lady it belonged

Newberry
Registered 10 workers and 5 overseers CG 47016-47030 . He made a mistake with 47021 by noting the wrong size, 12 cm instead of 10 cm. See the following shabtis 47222 – 47230 that also all have the same characteristic light blue colour instead of the darker blue of Isetemkhebit I

Daressy

Isetemkhebit – Ast-m-Ax-bit
Daressy A.126 (attribution to both series by Daressy)
Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun

Coffins
JE 29671 (usurped from Iuenmut) in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6143-6142, IC: CG-6124-6125 (CG 6006a|b), MB: CG-6123. Coffin CG 6006 has been dated to c. 1000-960 BC

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.IV.555 = JE 95657, Cairo 18

Shabti boxes
Bouriant mentions one box with the name of the ladies in this group (B.19), but it is not known to which lady it belonged

Newberry
Registered 10 workers and 5 overseers CG 47001-47015

Daressy – Bouriant

Isetemkhebit (I) – Ast-m-Ax-bit (I)
A.126 (attribution by Daressy).
Worker 24/10/2012 Charles Bouche auction lot 81 11.8 cm, overseer (modified worker) unknown French auction
Normally overseers of Isetemkhebit wear a triangular long apron ending under the knees, but there are also overseers with the apron ending above the knees. A number of overseers like the one above is made of a worker. Here are a few examples, the two on the left are converted workers and the one on the right (Cairo Museum) was actually created as an overseer and is as described by Newberry
Photo: worker Thierry de Maigret 2012, overseer unknown

In Stockholm we find a worker with vertical register lines, 12.1 cm NME 905

All around movie of another worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022

Khaas – xAas
Ranke I, pg. 262, 14
Also known as Chaas
Daressy A.102

Chantress of Amun

Coffins
JE 29665 in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6115-6116, IC: CG-6077-6075, MB: CG-6075

Funerary papyri
(Amduat, no Ref. No.) in Cairo. According to Daressy, an unlocated Amduat papyrus has been found on her mummy. Liliane Aubert wonders if this might not be one of the anonymous people (Sadek 1985, C1, C13 or C27)?

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Newberry
Registered 4 workers and 5 overseers CG 48225-48233

Daressy – Bouriant

Khonsuemheb – xnsw-m-Hb
2 types
Ranke I, pg. 271, 3
Also known as Khonsemheb, Khonsouemheb, Chonsemheb
The name means ‘Khonsu is in celebration’
Daressy A.106

God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, God’s father of Khonsu, God’s servant of Khonsu-Ra, Scribe of the counting of the grain in the domain of Amun

Liliane Aubert writes that Khonsouemheb added his titles “Scribe of the counting of the grain in the domain of Amun” (also on his shabti box) and “Wab-priest at the prow of Mut” on the sarcophagus which he usurped from Nespaneferher. See pg. 86

Coffins
In Cairo Inv.no. CG-6002-6004

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10228, Cairo 65

Seconds shabti box of Khonsuemheb
Unknown

The shabti in the photo of type 2 is clearly light blue and on the Newberry specimens the blue may have disappeared or not added so maybe Newberry only saw a white undercoating. It may also be the case that type 1 and 2 are all made blue, but that the blue on type 1 has changed to green. A discoloration that often occurs with light blue shabtis and is often clearly visible on shabtis of faience. On terracotta shabtis you have to look carefully, but traces of the original light blue can also be found in various places on EA24817 and EA24818 in the British Museum

Daressy – Bouriant

Khonsuemheb – xnsw-m-Hb
Type 1 .
Worker arms right over left British Museum EA24817 9.1 cm
Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum

Khonsuenrenep – xnsw-n-rnp
Ranke I, pg. 271, 2, Ranke II, pg. 382
Also known as Khonsemrenep, Khonsuemrenep, Khonsouemrenep, Khonsuenrenpet
The name means ‘Khonsu is a youngling‘
Daressy A.120

Wab-priest of Amun, Scribe of the domain of Khonsu

Liliane Aubert mentions other intriguing functions of this important priest. “The inscriptions adorning his sarcophagus (Niwinski pg. 118) tells us that he was “Scribe of organization and Grand controller of the domain of the royal son of Kush”, that is to say the countries of the South. “Scribe of the domain of Khnum, lord of the Cataract at Eléphantine”, so he supervised the border of the first Nome of Upper Egypt, furthermore “Scribe of the domain of Osiris, Lord of Abydos” north of Thebes, and “Scribe of the domain of Onuris-Chou, son of Ra” in the region of This north of Abydos”. See Aubert, pg. 85

Coffins
JE 29613 in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6256-6257, IC: CG-6258-6259, MB: CG-6220

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. 31759, Chicago 2, Field Museum

Ref. No. S.R.VII.11501, Cairo 123

Shabti boxes
One shabti box at the GEM in Cairo
Shabti box of Khonsuenrenep type VIa,
JE 29295

Here a photo of top and sides
Photos: VB 2024-11

Various
If we look at the shabtis, they are amber or yellow. Varnish can discolour considerably and maybe Newberry thought that blue was the original colour because it can be seen in various places on different shabtis. So, a white undercoat, a blue layer to give the shabtis a blue appearance and a layer of varnish that has been heavily discoloured over the centuries. It remains a difficult issue. Here a compilation of several pieces on which the blue can be seen. Courtesy Niek de Haan

Daressy – Bouriant

All around movie of another worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022

Khonsumes – xnsw-ms
Ranke I, pg. 271, 7
Also known as Khonsoumes, Khonsmes, Khonsmose, Chonsmes
The name means ‘Khonsu is born’
Daressy A.82 or A.121 (ex A.22)

Priest of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods and Scribe of the domain of Amun

Coffins and attribution shabtis
In the tomb Daressy has found 3 coffin sets that can be attributed to a Khonsumes. All three have the title of Scribe of the domain of Amun. Daressy has attributed the shabtis to A.22. But that is unlikely because this coffin set is usurped by a Mistress of the House whose name has been lost. So attribution to A.82 or A.121 seems more likely

Funerary papyri
Not known

Shabti boxes
One shabti box in Berlin and most likely another one in Brussels

Shabti box of Khonsumes type Vb
Berlin BM 11988

Potential second box of Khonsumes type Vb
Brussels RMAH E.1837
Height 36.5 cm, width 60.4 cm, depth 31.7 cm

For his thesis “Master in Arts with a major in Egyptology”, Kristof Valgaeren did an interesting research on two shabti boxes that came from the Bab el Gasus. One of the boxes RMAH E.1837 bears a clumsily written name that, with some imagination, could be translated as Renpetmes. This name does not appear in the Bab el Gasus find and it seems that it was added at some point by a Western restorer, probably because the original name was largely illegible. Another argument of Valgaeren is that a shabti of Khonsumes was also delivered in Lot XV to Belgium in 1894. The original documentation still exists. “List of the Funerary Figurines,” n.d. Dossier 1894, 6/276 (Don du Gouvernement de S.A. le Khédive d’Egypte), document 3. Archives RMAH. Acquisitions.

Based on his research, Kristof Valgaeren concludes that this must have been a shabti box of Khonsumes. A conclusion that seems very plausible and may be substantiated in the future with the research into the possibly newly applied layers of paint. In any case, a wonderful discovery.

Kristof Valgaeren’s thesis can be found here
Photo: Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussel

Various
Although the shabtis appear amber and yellow in colour, it could very well be that the original color is blue just like Khonsuenrenep

In Schneider II, p. 148, Prof. Schneider writes at 4.5.1.27 “painted green with yellow varnish, details black”. Because green on shabtis is often a discoloration of blue and varnish also tends to discolour, this could also be an indication that the shabtis were originally blue. Other examples of blue to green discoloration can be found at the bottom of the details of  Khonsuemheb

Khonsumes – xnsw-ms
Daressy A.22
Scribe of the domain of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods
Coffin set A.22 ex- IC: JE 29676 + JE 29731 (lid) in  Florence Inv.no. IC: 8527 (case/lid) modified for a woman, MB: 9530 (also for a lady), so this set of Khonsumes was usurped for a unknown lady
Research and photos of the coffin ensemble in The tomb of the priests of Amun pg. 152-194 and 486-487

Daressy – Bouriant

Khonsumes – xnsw-ms
Daressy A.82
The burial can be dated to the period c. 1001-992 BC (Aston)
Wab-priest of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods and Scribe of the domain of Amun

Coffins
Coffin set A.82 in Alexandria, Musée Grēco-Romain Inv.no. 386, 1297 and 1641 (Niwinski) or/and in Uppsala VM 228 ex-JE 29709 and the mummy board in Stockholm NME 894 (Aston)
The set in Uppsala and Stockholm is in Niwinski attributed to A.121

Funerary papyri
Not known

Shabti boxes
See the introduction above

Daressy

Khonsumes – xnsw-ms
Daressy A.121 (Niwinski)
Wab-priest of Amun, Wab-priest of Mut and Scribe of the domain of Amun

Coffins
Coffin set ex JE 29709 in Uppsala Victoria Museet VM 228 and mummy board in Stockholm Medelhavsmuseet NME 894
Aston list a unknown coffin as Anonymous and dates the burial to the period c. 1001-976 BC, pg. 186

Funerary papyri
Not known

Shabti boxes
See the introduction above

Newberry
No registration

Daressy

Makaekra – m-kAk-ra
Not found in Ranke
Also known as Maatkara, Maatkare, Makaekra, Makaekre, Kaekre, Emkaekre
Daressy (-), A.132?

Aston dates the burial of Maatkara to c. 976-944 BC

Mistress of the house and Chantress of Amun

Family and other mysteries
If these shabtis belong to A.132, then this is the daughter of Pinedjem II and Isetemakhbit D

Liliane Aubert writes that it is tempting to attribute this group to the daughter of Pinedjem II and Isetemkhebit D (see Aubert pg. 69), Maatkara A.132, but no evidence has been found. Interesting theory because the shabtis of Maatkara in the correct writing are unknown and one would expect them to be there as many other funeral gifts have been found. See Aston pg. 188. It is therefore not unreasonable to link the name that resembles that of Maatkara (mAa.t-kA-ra) to Emkaekra (m-kA-k-ra, pronounced Makaekra?), especially since no other coffin or mummy has been found to make the link with the Makaekra shabtis

However, Daressy has the name displayed on his shabti registration with hieroglyphs for the Sun and Goddess Maat and neither can be found on the shabtis we have here. Moreover, according to his description, the Maatkara’s are white-painted terracotta shabtis and those of Makaekra are made of faience. And, with the correct hieroglyphs, the Makaekra’s are also included in Daressy’s list. So this is still a mystery to be solved

Coffins
JE 29612 usurped from Ankhesenaset in Cairo OC: CG-6286-6287, IC: CG-6288-6289, MB: CG-6283

Funerary papyri
Book of the Dead Ref. No. S.R.IV.959, Cairo 38

Ref. No. S.R.IV.548 = JE 95650 = 14/7/35/8, Cairo 13

Amduat papyrus for Makaekra
Name on this papyrus Maatka(ek)ra?
Length 133 cm, height 24 cm
See Sadek 1985, C10 Planche 18, for description see page 125-129
Panorama view, VB 2021

Shabti boxes
No shabti boxes known

Bouriant – Daressy – Bouriant

m-kA-k-ra

mAa.t-kA-ra

All around movie of a worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2024

During the evacuation of the Bab el Gasus cache, Bouriant registered Mehunedjem on his shabtis list. We only know of this person’s existence from the shabtis that were found

Mehunedjem is one of the persons from the BeG cache, who cannot be matched with any of the “anonymous” coffins or mummies. So, coffins, funerary papyri and shabti boxes are not attributed. See Aston Mehtaunedjem pg. 195

Newberry
Registered 10 workers and 10 overseers (based on the writing of the name and inclusion in his overview directly behind the workers) CG (46873) -46874-46892. The length of the overseers varies between 9.7 cm (5x) and 11.5 cm (5x)

It seems that of type 1, as with Tashedkhonsu, three sizes are available, for Newberry describes overseers of 9.7 cm and 11.5 cm. So probably there are also workers of this size. The pictured version of Type 1 and 2 show great similarities with the series of Tashedkhonsu and Userhatmes

It is not possible to determine whether the 10 workers CG 46634-46643 also belong to the Bab el Gasus cache. It seems unlikely because of their 15 cm height, which would make them one of the the largest in the cache

Bouriant

Mehunedjem – mHw-nDm
Type 1 .
Worker Dutch private collection 10.3 cm plus possible overseer 9.7 cm
Photo: Niek de Haan 2021
Workers of this series also exist with a hair band adorned on an unpainted wig, see here with Newberry Pl. XXXVI CG 46877, 10.5 cm and here (Drouot FR 15-02-2024 Auction Classique / Moderne Lot 71, 9.5 cm)

All around movie of a worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2024

Menkheperra B – mn-xpr-ra
Ranke I, pg. 150, 14
Also known as Menkheperre
The name means ‘The future of Re is stable’
Daressy A.147

Menkheperra’s burial took place in Year 10 of Siamon c. 976 BC (Aston pg. 195)

Third prophet of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Greatest of Re-Atem’s seers in Thebes, Setem priest in the Horizon of Eternity, God’s father and Third prophet of Khonsu in Thebes Neferhotep, Chief of the cattle in the house of Re in the domain of Amun

Family
Son of Tjanefer A and Gautseshen A and grandson of HPA Menkheperra A.  Brother of Nesyamun  and Pinedjem A (A.146, not in this overview), see Bab El-Gasus in Context: Rediscovering the Tomb of the priests of Amun, pg. 172-173

Coffins
JE 29735 Inv.no. OC: 6269|6272 and JE 29628 in Cairo Inv.no. IC: CG-6268|6271, MB: CG-6270

Funerary papyri
Book of the Dead Ref. No. S.R.IV.967 = CG 40010 = JE 95866, Cairo 41

Ref. No. S.R.IV.529 + S.R.IV.1004 = JE 95638, Cairo 5

Shabti boxes
Unknown

Newberry
Registered 5 workers CG 46819-46823

Daressy

Menkheperra B – mn-xpr-ra B
Worker approx. 12.5 cm, MAEC,
Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca e della Città di Cortona, overseer Bonhams 13 cm
Photo: worker Niek de Haan 2010, overseer Bonhams Antiquities July 6, 2023 lot 286

In Newberry, workers and overseers are often described below each other in a connecting number sequence. With this shabti, the numbering also follows about five overseers with the same name, but they show no resemblance to the worker. In 2023, a modified worker appeared at an auction at Bonhams that can undoubtedly be included as an overseer of this series. With that, we can establish that the overseers, with the striped skirt, which I had linked to the worker before July 2023, do not belong together.

These are the worker and overseer included together in the same series of numbering in Newberry CG 46820, CG 46826, plate XXXVI and XXXVII

All around movies of two workers, here and here, and one overseer
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022/2024

Meretamen / Amenmeret – imn-mrt
3 types
Ranke I, pg. 158, 15, Ranke II, pg. 362
Also known as Meretamon, Meretamun, Meretimen, Imenmeret, Amenmeret
The name means ‘The beloved of Amun’
Daressy A.71
Meretamen’s burial is dated to c. 990-970 BC (Aston)

Mistress of the House, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Musician of the choir of Mut, great lady of Isheru, Nurse of Khonsu the child

Honorific transposition name
Meretamen’s name can also be written as Amenmeret as on the first and second types. Both names are used in the literature, but in this case, they are for the same person. The God’s name Amun is put forward as is often the case with the name of gods

Family
Daughter of HPA Menkheperra A and Isememkhebit C and (half-)sister of Pinedjem II , Ankhefenmut , Gautseshen A , Hori and Tjanefer

Coffins
JE 29734 Inv.no. OC: CG unknown, JE 29704 Inv.no. IC: CG-6176-6175, MB: CG-6197

An article was published in 2023 by Hala Mostafa of Egyptology dept, Faculty of Archaeology, Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt attributing an anonymous outer coffin lid JE 29622 Inv. CG 6133 to Meretamen

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.IV.933 = JE 95836, Cairo 31

Newberry
Registered
Type 1: 20 workers and 10 overseers
Type 2:   5 workers and   5 overseers
Type 3:   5 workers and   5 overseers
Amenmeret CG 46773-46778, CG 46849-46872, 47111-47120, Meretamen CG 46923-46932

Daressy – Bouriant

Type 1 & 2

Type 3

Meretamen / Amenmeret – imn-mrt
Type 1​ .
Worker 12.7 cm, see The tomb of the priests of Amun, pg. 377-379, overseer  Musée de Picardie – Amiens approx. 13 cm
Photo: worker at La Reine Margot Paris, overseer VB 2012

All around movie of another worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022

Meretamen / Amenmeret – mrt-imn
Type 3​ .
Worker British Museum EA24847 11 cm
Overseer Château-musée, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Inv. no. 217, 11.5 cm
Photo: worker © The Trustees of the British Museum, overseer Louvre

All around movie of a worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2024

Nekhbu – nxbw
Ranke I, pg. 209, 14
Also known as Nekhbou, Nakhbu, Nekhbou
Daressy (-)

Shabtis
No image found

Newberry
Registered 1 overseer CG 46816 and made the remark ‘Not in Daressy‘. And indeed, neither Bouriant nor Daressy have noted this name or anything resembling it. Yet Newberry probably thought this shabti came from the Bab el Gasus cache. For the sake of completeness, I have included the series in this overview

Nespaherentahat – ns-pA-Hr-n-tA-HAt
Ranke I, pg. 175, 12
Also known as Nespaherenhat, Nespahorentahet
Daressy A.28

Fourth prophet of Amun

Coffins
JE 29643 (usurped from a Padiamun) in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6154-6155, IC: CG-6119-6120, MB: CG-6144

Funerary papyri
Unknown

Shabti boxes
One shabti box (type Vb) JE 29293 in Cairo (dated to 1000-980 BC (Aston pg. 168)). No image yet

See also Petrie Museum UC39912 and UC39913 for the name written with Gardener Q3 (stool/square) instead of G40 (flying duck). Maybe different series or owner

Daressy – Bouriant

Nespakashuty – ns-pA-qA-Swty
2 types
Ranke I, pg. 175, 18
Also known as Nespakachouty, Nesipakashuti, Nesipakashuty
The name means ‘The one who belongs to the God’
Daressy A.43

Pontificate of Psusennes III c. 976-944 BC

God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Overseer of the treasury of the domain of the Divine Adoratrice of Amun

Coffins
JE 29641 in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6018|6062/(CG-6014a-6014b), IC: CG-6061|6086/(CG-6015), MB: CG-6087

Funerary papyri
Book of the Dead Ref. No. S.R.IV.994 = JE 95889, Cairo 48

Ref. No. S.R.VII.10272, Cairo 101

Shabti boxes
One shabti box (type VIb) F.93/10.5 in RMO Leiden and the second one (unconfirmed) in Germany

Newberry
Registered 1 overseer CG 47783 with an inscription down the front of his skirt

Daressy – Bouriant

All around movies of three workers, one, two ,three
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022/2024

Nespaneferher – ns-pA-nfr-Hr
Ranke I, pg. 175, 5
Also known as Nespaneferhor, Nespahernefer, Nespaneferhor
The name means ‘The one who belongs to the beautiful faces’
Daressy A.117 – attributed to A.98 (A.21, A.106)

Prophet and God’s father of Amun, God’s father of Mut, Scribe and overseer of the recruits of the domain of Amun

Attribution to A.98
Based on research of the objects it is suggested that the series belong to the owner of A.98 and not to A.117 as attributed by Bouriant/Daressy

Liliane Aubert writes “Nespaneferher was attributed several sarcophagi: the one usurped by Khonsouemheb A.106, the one reused by Horhotep A.117, that of the enigmatic A.21 which actually belongs to a homonym, and finally the one used by our character, A.98“

Nespaneferher – ns-pA-nfr-Hr
Daressy A.21
God’s father (..?) of the domain of Amun
(see Niwinski pg. 180)
Location coffin unknown
No shabtis attributed

Daressy

Nespaneferher – ns-pA-nfr-Hr
Daressy A.98
Mummy-linen of HPA Menkheperra A and Pinedjem II dates the burial to c. 1001-990 BC
God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, God’s father of Mut, Overseer of the recruits of the domain of Amun

Family
Son of a Serdjehuty who was also God’s father of Amun and Overseer of the recruits of the domain of Amun

Coffins
Location unknown

Funerary papyri
MP S.R.IV.941 = JE 95843 = CG 58003, Cairo D

Ref. No. S.R.VII.11503, Cairo 125

The letter containing the inventory of Bab el-Gasus gifts to France by Emile Brugsch (© Archives Nationales de France AN-F/17/17240) contains a handwritten note from someone else that 2 boxes should go to Toulouse and one box (Userhatmes) to Clermont-Ferrand, so maybe a second box is still in Toulouse or in the Louvre

Daressy

Nespaneferher – ns-pA-nfr-Hr
Daressy A.106
Coffin CG-6002-6004 (usurped by Khonsouemheb), see P&M pg. 630, Niwinski pg. 132 no. 150

Daressy

Nespaneferher – ns-pA-nfr-Hr
Daressy A.117
God’s father of Amun, God’s father of Mut, Overseer of the recruits of the domain of Amun
Coffins JE 29664 (usurped by Herethetep, God’s father of Amun and Scribe) in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6166-6167, IC: CG-6168-6169, MB: CG-6170

Shabtis attributed by Bouriant but rejected by other scholars who linked them to A.98

Daressy – Bouriant

Nespaneferher – ns-pA-nfr-Hr
A.98 (attribution by other scholars, originally A.117 by Bouriant/Daressy)
Worker approx. 11.5 cm, overseer approx. 11 cm Bonhams 28042010 Lot 333
Photo: worker website Helios, overseer Bonhams 2010

All around movie of another worker with the title ‘Overseer of the recruits of the domain of Amun’
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022

Nessuan – ns-sw-an
Not found in Ranke
Also known as Nessouan
Daressy (-)

Shabtis
No image found

Newberry
Registered 1 worker CG 48090 and made the remark ‘Not in Daressy‘. And indeed, neither Bouriant nor Daressy have noted this name or anything resembling it. Yet Newberry probably thought this shabti came from the Bab el Gasus cache. For the sake of completeness, I have included the series in this overview

Nestanebettawy – ns-tA-nbt-tAwy
Ranke I, pg. 179, 16
Also known as Nestanebtawy, Nesitanebtaui, Nestanebettaouy
The name means ‘She who belongs to the Lady of the Two Lands’
Daressy A.77 (A.6, A.9, A.64, A.88)

The name Nestanebettawy occurs at least five times in the Bab el Gasus find. The tricky part is that the ladies were all singers for Amun. Daressy has linked the shabtis to the coffin set A.77 and to date this is a widely held opinion

Nestanebettawy – ns-tA-nbt-tAwy
Daressy A.77
Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Chantress in the room? of Mut

Coffins
JE 29685 in Cairo (Niwinski)  Inv.no. OC: CG-6055-6056, IC: CG-6058-6059, MB: CG-6060 now in Leiden F93/10.2a (OC: outer, usurped by a unknown man), F93/10.2b (IC: inner), F93/10.2c (MB: mummy board)
Aston, pg. 176 links JE 29680 (= A.85 in Niwinski for Pasebakhaniut) OC: CG-6043-(6044), IC: CG-6041-6042, MB: CG-(6045) to A.77
Aston, pg. 165 links the Leiden coffins F93/10.2 to A.6

It is not clear to me which coffins are involved or to which they belong. The Nestanebettawy coffins in Leiden appear to have been converted to contain a man. The outer and inner box may also not belong together. Nevertheless, the set in Leiden has been attributed to Nestanebettawy

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.11504, Cairo 126

Book of the Dead for Nestanebettawy
Length 113 cm, height 20 cm
Panorama view, VB 2021

Shabti boxes
One shabti box (type Vb) in London BM EA24894 and one shabti box (type Vb) in Madrid Inv.no. 18259

Newberry
Registered 20 workers and 10 overseers under CG 46893-46922

Daressy – Bouriant

Nestanebettawy – ns-tA-nbt-tAwy
Daressy A.6 – No shabtis attributed
Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods
Coffins JE 29724 in Cairo (Niwinski) Inv.no. OC: unknown, IC: CG-6247-6248, MB: CG-6237
Aston, pg. 165 links the Leiden coffins F93/10.2 to A.6, see A.77

Daressy

Nestanebettawy – ns-tA-nbt-tAwy
Daressy A.9 – No shabtis attributed
Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods
Coffins ex JE 29700 in Washington Inv.no. IC: A154955-0 (register entry)
The coffin can be dated to c. 1000-930 BC (Aston)
MB: 364998, funerary papyrus
Ref. No. S.R.VII.11493, Cairo 115

Daressy

Nestanebettawy – ns-tA-nbt-tAwy
Daressy A.64 – No shabtis attributed
Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods
Coffins JE 29656 (usurped by Henuttawy E) in Cairo

Daressy

Nestanebettawy – ns-tA-nbt-tAwy
Daressy A.88 – No shabtis attributed
The burial can be dated to c. 976-944 BC (Aston)
Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods
Coffins JE 29716 in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6245-6246, JE 29724 IC: CG-6247-6248, MB: CG-6237
Funerary papyrus
Amduat Ref. No. S.R.VII.10651 = JE 36259, Cairo 104

Daressy

Another worker CG 46905 and overseer CG 46917 in Newberry Plate XXXVIII and XXXVI

All around movies of two workers, here and here
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2024

Nestaudjat(akhet) – ns-tA-wDAt-(Axt)
Ranke I, pg. 179, 12. Ranke II, pg 365
Also known as Nestaoudjatakhet, Nestawedjatakhet, Nesitaudjatakhet, Nesytaoudjatakhet
The name means ‘She who belongs to the glorious eye’
Daressy A.96

Pontificate HPA Menkheperra A c. 1051-1001 BC

Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, Musician of the choir of Mut, the great lady of Isheru

Coffins
JE 29712 in Odessa Inv.no. 52976 plus the inner coffin in the National Museum of Tatarstan (ex-Kazan University) IC: Inv.no. HMPT KII-5404/1, see Bab El-Gasus in Context: Rediscovering the Tomb of the priests of Amun 2021, pg. 293-312 by Vladimir Bolshakov

In the Tomb of the Priests of Amun a little 6 cm overseer is attributed to this owner. There are two numbers on the back 8620 and 8595. These registration numbers correspond to the group coming from Cairo, but it is not often that an overseer is a lot smaller than the worker, see pg. 410. Since Newberry has registered overseers apparently of the same quality and size (10.5 – 12 cm) as the worker shown, I am not convinced that the 6 cm overseer belongs to this lady unless we find workers of the same size attributable to the BeG cache. Here the 6 cm overseer in Florence Inv.no. 8620 compared to the worker. Photo overseer on internet  © The Tomb of the Priests of Amun

Araújo (pg. 762) lists another 11 cm overseer as (Nesi)taudjat, see Taudjatra. This one also does not fit Newberry’s descriptions, so I am still looking for a Newberry one

Daressy – Bouriant

Nesyamen – nsy-imn
Ranke I, pg. 173, 19
Also known as Nesyamun, Nesamen, Nesamun, Nesamon, Nesiamun
The name means ‘The one who belongs to Amun’
Daressy A.148

Burial pontificate Psusennes III c. 976-944 BC

God’s father of Amun, Chief of the secrets in the sky, on the earth and in the Duat, The one who opens the doors of the sky in Karnak, Fourth prophet of Amun
Note: Fourth (Third) prophet of Amun (see Aston pg. 193, Zarli pg. 386-388)

Coffins
JE 29611 in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6290-6291, IC: CG-6292-6293, MB: CG-6294

Family
Although there is no written evidence for the relationship of Nesyamen with HPA Menkheperra, the indications are very strong. France Jamen reports three elements. First, the coffin had the characteristics of the High Priest’s family. Second, among the grave goods the name of his mother is reported, Gautseshen. Third, the coffin was in the same room in the tomb as coffins of the High Priest’s family. And fourth, I would personally add that all the overseers of Nesyamen are equipped with a beard, which is also a clear indication of a royal lineage

Son of  Tjanefer A  and  Gautseshen A  and grandson of HPA Menkheperra A, see Bab El-Gasus in Context: Rediscovering the Tomb of the priests of Amun, pg. 172-173 by France Jamen. Brother of Menkheperra B  and Pinedjem A (A.146, no shabtis, not in this overview)

Funerary papyri
Amduat Ref. No. S.R.IV.1535, Cairo 55

Shabti boxes
One shabti box (type VIb) Inv.no. 11989 in Berlin. As the box is registered, I hope to obtain a photo in due course

Newberry
Registered 10 workers (5 with 3 horizontal lines, 1 with 4 lines and 4 with 5 lines) and 10 overseers CG 46981-47000

Daressy – Bouriant

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Nesyamenipet – nsy-imn-ipt
Ranke I, pg. 173, 20
Also known as Nesamenhotep, Nesamenope, Nesimenenipet, Nesamenopet, Nesiamenemope, Nesamunipet
The name means ‘The one who belongs to Amun of Thebes’
Daressy A.113

The burial is dated between 1001-992 BC (Aston)

Wab-priest at the prow of Amun, Great wab-priest having access to Amun in Karnak, Wab-priest of Amun, Acolyt? in the temple of Amun, Scribe of the treasury of the domain of Amun

Coffins
JE 29659 (usurped from Imiseba) in Cairo Inv.no. OC: CG-6215-6216, IC: CG-6217|6180, MB: CG-6181

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10269, Cairo 98

Ref. No. S.R.VII.10245, Cairo 82

Second shabti box of Nesyamenipet type VIa Cairo exhibition number 9099. A description of the boxes can be found in Aston’s shabti box publication pg. 30. No photo yet

Daressy – Bouriant

Nesykhonsu – nsy-xnsw
Ranke I, pg. 178, 20
Also known as Neskhons, Nesikhons, Nesikhonsu, Nesikhonsou, Neschons
The name means ‘The one who belongs to Khonsu’
Daressy A.42

Burial is dated c. 1001-992 BC (Aston)

Mistress of the house, Chantress of Amun

Coffins
JE 29632 in Cairo CG-6024-6025 and JE 29713 in Istanbul ex Cairo IC: CG-6031|6040 (CG-6024a-6024b?), MB: CG-6030 (CG-6025?), Inv.no. 10875 (Niwinski)

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10252, Luxor 2, City Museum J.25, on loan from Cairo Museum

Amduat papyrus for Nesykhonsu
Length 124 cm, height 24 cm
See Mythological Papyri 1957, © Piankoff and Rambova Plate 4, for description see page  80-81
Panorama view VB 2021

Ref. No. S.R.IV.544 = JE 36465, Cairo 10

Daressy – Bouriant

Nesymut – nsy-mwt
Ranke I, pg. 176, 10, Ranke II, pg. 365
Also known as Nesmut, Nesimut, Nesimout
The name means ‘The one who belongs to Mut’
Daressy A.48

Burial pontificate of Psusennes III c. 976-944 BC

Chantress of Amun

Coffins
JE 29634, CG-6007 (sic?) in Odessa IC: plus MB: Inv.no. 71700

Since the names of two Nes(y)mut’s have been found in the tomb, Marianne Zarli suggests that there are also can be two types of shabtis. She links a second type to A.54. A.54 is linked to coffin JE 29645, now in Nechâtel Inv.no. Eg. 184 (see Niwinski pg. 158), (A.54a (box-wall) in Avignon, Museé Calvet, Dautant/Jamen, see ‘Inventory of the yellow coffins in the French museums’) and is used for an anonymous man. In one spot of the outer coffin the name Nesmut is visible. I am not convinced that based on Zarli’s arguments there are two sets and I suspect that only for A.48 shabtis have been found. So, I left it with one set for the lady attributed to A.48

Shabti boxes
Two shabti boxes listed by Bouriant B.69 and B.70

Daressy

Nesypaheran – nsy-pA-Hr-an
Ranke I, pg. 175, 10
Also known as Nespaheran, Nesipaheran, Nespahoran
The name means ‘The one who belongs to the God’
Daressy A.35

God’s father of Amun, Wab-priest of Khonsu, Scribe of the organization of the domain of Amun, God’s father of Maat

Coffins
JE 29677 ex Inv.no. OC: CG-6223-6224 and JE 29722 in the Suez Museum ex Inv.no. IC: CG-6221-6222, MB: CG-6240

Funerary papyri
Amduat, Bodleian Library, Papyrus Skrine, Oxford 2

Diane Leeman, in  Feline-faced Deities of the Underworld, writes the following about the special supernatural being:

A goddess, named as S’ryt, with two heads, one of a lioness and the other of a crocodile, the latter emerging from the back of the lioness head. According to the author, there is no other example of the goddess or of her name.
The text accompanying this goddess:
O  S’ryt, that has come from the West, give thy arms to embrace the face of the Osiris, the priest, scribe, oblationer, god’s father of Ma’at, the daughter of Re, Nespeheran. Hide him in they arms. Drive away pain from him. There shall no evil come to pass upon his mummy any day

Newberry
Registered 6 workers (1 of 9 cm) and 3 overseers CG 46938-46946

Daressy – Bouriant

In Cairo Newberry CG 46944 an overseer with the name of the owner written on the legs under the skirt

Niek de Haan pointed me to a type in a Dutch collection with a relatively large head, possibly it has something to do with the manufacturing process and that this is the same type as the others. Otherwise it is a rare anomaly

Nesypawtytawy – nsy-pAw-ty-tAwy
Ranke I, pg. 176, 1
Also known as Nespaoutytaouy, Nespautytawy, Nesypautitawy, Nesypautawy, Nespautitaui, Nesipautiutaui
His name means ‘The one who belongs to the God’
Daressy A.26

The burial can be dated to the pontificate of Pinedjem II c. 1001-976 BC

Singer of West-Thebes, Wab-priest of Mut, Wab-priest of Amun, Scribe of the temple of Amun

Coffins
JE 29631 in Vienna Inv.no. KHM OC: 6263 (usurped from Ankhkhonsu) , IC: 6262, MB: 6261

Glenn Janes made me aware of this shabti that may also be from the Bab el Gasus cache. The size, style and execution of the shabti fit well among the series found. However, I have not yet found any further clues other than the similarity of the name (A.26) and design. Also Liliane Aubert could not give an opinion about it, she writes about this shabti only the following words ‘Incertain: Nespaoutytaouy’ on pg. 107 where she describes the shabtis that are not included in her fantastic publication. For the sake of completeness, I have included the series in this overview

Niek de Haan has found indications that this series was on the market much earlier than the discovery of Bab el Gasus. In Vienna a shabti is kept that has been purchased in 1878, so 13 years before the excavation. Indeed, the piece came from the collection of Archduke Franz Carl and then passed into the Miranar collection (no. 45), see CAA Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum ÄS 3984. Niek de Haan has created a 2019 list of known shabtis, see The shabtis of Nesi-Paouty-Taouy

So is it possible that this shabti belonged to the owner of the coffin in Bab el Gasus? It could be because the coffin of a Nesypawtytaw was reburied. So it was originally buried with grave goods elsewhere and it is almost certain that many shabti boxes and shabtis were not taken along to the secret reburial. Does the shabti perhaps come from the original grave of the owner? In any case, another mystery that may one day be solved

Another question that arises is the title on Type 2, not for a Wab priest, but for a God’s father. Could this be another person?

Funerary papyri
Ref. No. S.R.VII.10238, Cairo 75

Amduat papyrus for Nesypawtytawy
Length 225 cm, height 12 cm
See Mythological Papyri 1957, Piankoff and Rambova Plate 3, for description see page  77-79
Panorama view, VB 2021

Newberry
No registration

Daressy

Nesypernub – nsy-pr-nwb
Ranke I, pg. 176, 2
Also known as Nesipernub, Nesipernoub, Nespernub, Nespernebu
The name means ‘The one who belongs to the House of Gold’
Daressy A.142

God’s father of Amun-Ra, the king of the gods, God’s father of Mut, God’s father of Khonsu, lord of the Waset, Neferhotep, Prophet of Toth, chief of the great place, Scribe of the temple of Mut the great, mistress of Isheru, Scribe of the correspondence of the first great overseer of the harem (sacred musical body, Aubert) of Amun, Chief of the prophets of all the gods in the Two Lands

Coffins
JE 29636 in Vienna Inv.no. OC: KHM 6270, IC: KHM 6269 (usurped from a woman), MB: KHM 6268

Funerary papyri
Book of the Dead Ref. No. S.R.IV.953 = JE 95854, Cairo 34

Ref. No. S.R.VII.11487, Cairo 110

Shabti boxes
One shabti box (type Vb) JE 29285 in Cairo

The shabti box can be dated to c. 1030-980 BC (Aston). It is generally believed that the shabtis of Pinedjem II (970 BC) are the first to use the term “Ushebti”, but the term is also on this shabti series which may have been created earlier if the dating of the shabti box is correct
See also shabticollections.com SC/77 and Glenn Janes ‘The Amasis Collection’, 2020, p. 96-98

Daressy – Bouriant

The pectoral (heart amulet) on the chest of several workers is a unique feature in the Bab el Gasus cache for the shabtis of Nesypernub

In May 2019 Artemission sold a rare worker with only one single vertical column. The name of Osiris, titles and name of the owner were omitted.
Photo: Christie’s