Updates 2022-2021
April 6, 2022
Unidentified papyrus 24-A
Cairo Museum, Room 24
Photos and panoramaviews VB 2021/2022
April 6, 2022
Unidentified papyrus 24-B
Cairo Museum, Room 24
Photos and panoramaviews VB 2021/2022
April 6, 2022
Page Amenhotep papyrus – Cairo 12
Retake Amduat papyrus for Amenhotep
Cairo Museum
Photos and panoramaview VB 2021/2022
April 5, 2022
Page Amduat papyrus Djedkhonsuiufankh
Daressy A-no. not attributed
See also Shabtis Bab el Gasus
Length 354 cm, height 22 cm
Cairo Museum
Photo and panoramaview: VB 2021
April 4, 2022
Page Amenhotep papyrus – Cairo 9
Retake Book of the Dead papyrus Amenhotep
Cairo Museum
VB September 2021
April 4, 2022
Page Nespaneferher papyrus – Cairo 66
Retake Amduat papyrus for Nespaneferher
Cairo Museum
VB September 2021
March 30, 2022
Unidentified papyrus A
Unidentified papyrus B
Unidentified papyrus C
Unidentified papyrus D
Room 51 above the stairs and toilets
Cairo Museum
March 29, 2022
Page Unidentified papyrus E
Room 51 above the stairs and toilets
Cairo Museum
March 28, 2022
Page Bab el Gasus shabti owners :
All around movies of Bab el Gasus shabtis
Isetemkhebit I (Bab el Gasus) worker
Isetemkhebit II (Bab el Gasus) worker
Menkheperra B (Bab el Gasus) worker
Meretamen (Bab el Gasus) worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
March 8, 2022
Page Book of the Dead papyrus Maiherperi
Kings Valley KV36
Cairo Museum
February 27, 2022
Page Bab el Gasus shabti owners :
Thanks to photos I received from Jen Thum of the Harvard Art Museums, I discovered four shabtis that solved the problem of the great difference in iconography between the, until febrary 2022 published in various studies, worker and overseer. Instead of one type, it turns out they are two types that almost without a doubt belong to the same person, Amenniutnakht. Therefore, I have now represented them as two separate types
Amenniutnakht – imn-niwt-nxt
Type 1
Amenniutnakht – imn-niwt-nxt
Type 2
February 27, 2022
Site Shabticollections.com :
A new study by Patrice Renaut and Niek de Haan on the shabtis of Tayuheret was published today. What is remarkable is that although many overseers are known, relatively few workers have been found. Here is the research
February 27, 2022
Page Shabtis ancient Egypt :
All around movie of Ramessu, son of Sennedjem
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 27, 2022
Page Bab el Gasus shabti owners :
Second all around movies of Bab el Gasus shabti
Taudjatra (Bab el Gasus) worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 27, 2022
Page Shabtis ancient Egypt :
All around movies of a stone and faience shabti of Senkamanisken (Kushite King early 26th Dynasty)
Senkamanisken stone
Senkamanisken faience
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 26, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
Another set of all around movies of rare shabtis from the Royal Cache DB320
Djedptahiufankh (Royal Cache) worker Type 2
Isetemkheb D (Royal Cache) extra worker Type 1
Nesitanebtashru (Royal Cache) extra worker Type 2
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
Djedptahiufankh (Royal Cache) overseer Type 1
Dutch private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 15, 2022
Page Bab el Gasus
Two shabti boxes of (another?) Tabaketenkhonsu added
Cairo JE 29279 and JE 29292
Photo: VB 2021
February 28, 2022
I have decided to detach these boxes from the lady from Bab el Gasus because it is likely that the box in the Smithsonian was in Lot 10 sent to the US as an anonymous box. The shabtibox in the Smithsonian fits the dating of the coffins better
February 13, 2022
Page Amduat papyrus Nestanebettawy
Bab el Gasus
Length 429 cm, height 22.5 cm
Cairo Museum
February 12, 2022
Page Amduat papyrus Amenhatpamecha
Bab el Gasus
Length 388 cm, height 23 cm
Cairo Museum
February 12, 2022
Page Bab el Gasus shabti owners :
All around movies of Bab el Gasus shabtis
Shedsuhor (Bab el Gasus) worker
Taudjatra (Bab el Gasus) worker
Tentipet (Bab el Gasus) worker
Tentipet (Bab el Gasus) overseer
Tentosorkon (Bab el Gasus) worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 9, 2022
Page Bab el Gasus shabti owners :
All around movies of Bab el Gasus shabtis
Pakharu (Bab el Gasus) worker with bag
Pakharu (Bab el Gasus) worker without bag
Tahenetnebkhemenu (Bab el Gasus) worker Type 1
Tahenetnebkhemenu (Bab el Gasus) worker Type 2
Tjanefer (Bab el Gasus) worker
Userhatmes (Bab el Gasus) worker Type 3
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 8, 2022
Page Amduat papyrus Khonsuenrenep
Bab el Gasus
Length 430 cm, height 25.5 cm
Cairo Museum
February 7, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
A fourth type has been added to the Isetemkheb workers. Pictures have also been added to show the differences between the types. 3D movies are now available for the first 3 types
Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 6, 2022
Page Bab el Gasus shabti owners :
All around movies of Bab el Gasus shabtis
Amennniutnakht (Bab el Gasus) worker
Djedkhonsuiufankh (Bab el Gasus) worker Type 1
Gautseshenu A (Bab el Gasus) worker Type 1
Hori (Bab el Gasus) worker
Hori (Bab el Gasus) overseer
Khonsuenrenep (Bab el Gasus) worker
Nespakashuty (Bab el Gasus) worker Type 1
Nespakashuty (Bab el Gasus) worker Type 2
Nespaneferher (Bab el Gasus) worker
Nesypawtytawy (Bab el Gasus) worker Type 2
Nesypernub (Bab el Gasus) worker
Payefadjer (Bab el Gasus) worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 5, 2022
Page Anonymous Amduat papyrus
Bab el Gasus
Thanks to the help of Nikolay Tarasenko, I was able to link the right numbers to this anonymous papyrus
Length 176 cm, height 24 cm
Cairo Museum
February 1, 2022
Page Bab el Gasus shabti owners :
All around movies of Bab el Gasus shabtis
Amenhatpamecha (Bab el Gasus) overseer Type 1
Amenhatpamecha (Bab el Gasus) worker Type 4
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 1, 2022
Page Shabtis, a chronological overview :
All around movie of the 17th Dynasty wooden stick shabti of Senakhtpu, son of Khonsu and brother of Imennefer
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 1, 2022
Page Shabtis, a chronological overview :
All around movie of the 20th Dynasty Ramsesmentukhepersef son of Ramses IX
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
February 1, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
All around movie of a Royal Cache DB320 overseer
Nesykhonsu (Royal Cache) overseer
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
January 30, 2022
Page Rare and special shabtis :
All around movie of a wax statue with golden mask
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
January 30, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
Another set of all around movies of rare shabtis from the Royal Cache DB320
Nesykhonsu (Royal Cache) worker Type 1
Nesykhonsu (Royal Cache) worker Type 1 with unique ear ornaments
Nesykhonsu (Royal Cache) worker Type 2
Isetemkheb D (Royal Cache) worker Type 2
Isetemkheb D (Royal Cache) worker Type 3
Pinedjem II (Royal Cache) worker
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
January 26, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
Another set of all around movies of rare shabtis from the Royal Cache DB320
Taywheret (Royal Cache) overseer Type 1
Taywheret (Royal Cache) worker Type 2
Masaharta (Royal Cache) worker Type 5 (new type)
Maatkara (Royal Cache) worker Type 2
Henuttawy A (Royal Cache) worker Type 1
Henuttawy A (Royal Cache) worker Type 3
Maatkara (Royal Cache) worker Type 1
German private collection
Courtesy AB 2022
January 24, 2022
Page Pharaoh shabtis :
Panoramaview Abydos King List with the common names of the pharao’s (wiki)
January 23, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
Photo of front and back of overseer Henuttawy A
Courtesy: NH
January 23, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
All around movie of a Worker 3 shabti with the wig of Worker 5
Courtesy: AB
January 23, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
All around movie of a worker shabti (with throne name) of Pinedjem I and a photo to compare sides and backs
Courtesy: AB
January 23, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
All around movie of two special Worker 5 shabtis with mysterious faience, number one, number two
Courtesy: AB
January 7, 2022
Page Papyrus Yuya :
Panoramaview of the magnificent 20-metre-long papyrus of Yuya, important advisor to Amenhotep III in the 18th Dynasty and probably the great-grandfather of Tutankhamun, has been on display since the beginning of 2019. It is the fourth longest papyrus in the world and the longest ever exhibited in Egypt
January 5, 2022
Page Papyri :
Relevant publications added and a link to the Prof. Dr. Siegfried Schott (1897-1971) photo archive with old photo’s of papyri in the Cairo Museum
January 5, 2022
Page Papyrus Nesykhonsu, Luxor Museum :
Added a panorama made from photos (scans) from the beginning of the 20e century from the Schott archive
January 5, 2022
Page Djedmutiusankh papyrus – Cairo 60 :
Retake photo and panorama December 2021
January 3, 2022
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
All around movies of two exceptionally well-preserved overseer shabtis of Pinedjem I and Henuttawy A
Courtesy: AB
December 29, 2021
Page Royal Cache DB320 shabti owners :
All around movie of an unique example of a Maatkara overseer, daughter of Pinedjem I
Courtesy: AB
December 29, 2021
Page Rare and special shabtis :
All around movie of a bronze shabti of general Undjebauendjed
Courtesy: AB
December 27, 2021
Page Rare and special shabtis
New photo’s and 360 degrees movie of the worker and overseer of Psusennes I
Courtesy: AB
December 20, 2021
Page How to determine the age of a shabti or ushabti
Thanks to a perceptive note in Louis-Philippe Bazelier’s graduate thesis, I have adjusted the dating of ear ornaments and pierced earlobes. In the past, I had incorrectly limited these features to the Amarna period
December 20, 2021
Page Rare and special shabtis
Added a rare bronze shabti Kafen and new photo’s of a bronze shabti named Iay with a 360 degrees movie
Courtesy: AB
December 20, 2021
Page Amduat papyrus Nesykhonsu
Bab el Gasus
Length 124 cm, height 24 cm
Luxor Museum
December 16, 2021
Page Book of the Dead papyrus Tauseretempernesu
Bab el Gasus
Length 121 cm, height 21 cm
Luxor Museum
November 18, 2021
Page Amduat papyrus Sjedsuhor
Bab el Gasus
Length 445 cm, height 23 cm
Cairo Museum
November 17, 2021
Unique Maatkara overseer
With long beard and cartouche
Faience, 11.1 cm
Private collection NH
November 15, 2021
Page Book of the Dead papyrus Sjedsuhor
Bab el Gasus
Length 523 cm, height 23 cm
Cairo Museum
September 5, 2021
Page Papyrus Nestanebetisheru Royal Cache
The framed sections of the 37 metres long Book of the Dead of Nestanebetisheru combined in one single slider
British Museum, London
August 21, 2021
Page Papyri
For the first time, it is possible to consult online 65 papyri very closely for study, publication or research. Many of the papyri shown were found with the grave goods or with the mummies of the Bab el Gasus Cache. See the Papyri page
Best to view on a desktop or laptop. Phones or tablets are less suitable for a proper projection
Example: Amduat papyrus for Djedmaatiusankh, length 146 cm, height 23 cm.
BA S.R.IV.542 = JE 95645, Cairo 8, Type A.III.1b Niwinski
Photo and panorama view VB 2021 (quality remarks)
February 5, 2021
Page ‘Bab el Gasus
On February 4, 1891, a startling discovery was made in Egypt that would stun the world’s media. After digging a deep shaft near the temple of Hatshepsut, a long gallery was found with more than 150 beautifully decorated coffins, shabti boxes and many other grave goods. All belonging to the highest elite from the priestly castes, including the sons and daughters of the rulers of the time.
Three thousand years ago, this highly secret tomb was filled at one go to give the deceased a secure hiding place to protect them from grave robbers.
More or less for the same security reasons the tomb had to be quickly emptied in 1891. In the process, much information was lost. Now, 130 years later, scientists from various museums and institutions are working to find out exactly what and who were found. An immense task coordinated in part by the Vatican Museum.
Many shabtis have also been found for which it was not known exactly which owner they belonged to. In many publications the information is fragmented, and an overall view was lacking. In 1998 Liliane Aubert made a first Bab el Gasus shabti publication and she thereby laid the foundation for further research.
Since 2006 I have been inspired by the research of Miguel Angel Escobar Clarós, Niek de Haan, Glenn Janes and Ingeborg Waanders. They, especially Miguel regarding Bab el Gasus, have done a tremendous amount of preliminary work which I have gratefully incorporated into my overview.
With new techniques such as digital scans of old publications, translation software and photos from many museums and the Internet, a huge web page has been created that provides almost all the known information about all types of shabtis found in Bab el Gasus.
It is therefore a great pleasure for me to launch this page. Exactly 130 years after the first coffin was recovered on February 5, 1891. I hope that many can use it for information, inspiration or further research.
Enjoy!
