Examples of shabti in the following topics:
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- Other new objects were introduced toward the end of the Middle Kingdom as well, including the first shabtis (also known as ushabtis) and the first scarabs.
- Shabtis were funerary figurines placed in tombs of the deceased to help them in the afterlife.
- Exceptional shabtis were of larger size, or produced as a one-of-a-kind master work.
- Shabtis were created to act as the deceased's servants, performing the manual labor necessary for the plentiful existence of the afterlife.
- Shabti were funerary figurines that were placed in tombs along with the deceased to assist them in the afterlife.
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- For unknown reasons, this practice ended with the conclusion of the dynasty, with shabtis taking the place of actual people to aid the pharaohs with the work expected of them in the afterlife.
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- Funerary goods belonging to Hatshepsut include a lioness "throne", a game board with carved lioness head, red-jasper game pieces bearing her title as pharaoh, a signet ring, and a partial shabti figurine bearing her name.
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- Funerary goods belonging to Hatshepsut include a lioness "throne," a game board with carved lioness head, red-jasper game pieces bearing her title as pharaoh, a signet ring, and a partial shabti figurine bearing her name.