2021/06/01 by Ahmed M. Mekawy Ouda · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Ancient Egypt and Archaeology #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies #Queen (butterfly) #Anger #Art #State (computer science) #Metropolitan area #History #Art history #Visual arts #Psychology #Archaeology #Computer science #Algorithm #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1177/03075133211059842
openalex publication_date 2021/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
This paper re-publishes the shabtis of Yuya, father of Queen Tiye and father-in-law of King Amenhotep III, which are kept at the Egyptian Museum Cairo (CG 51024–34, 51036) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (MMA 30.8.56–30.8.58). The latter were excluded from the 1908 publication by J. E. Quibell which lacks adequate images, or even images altogether. 1 It also presents a ‘model’ of three shabtis to represent the entire set, 2 though it is challenging to find two identical shabti texts. 3 The aim of this paper is to study the state of preservation of these shabtis, as it has not been addressed since the discovery of the tomb (KV46) in 1905, 4 especially considering seven shabtis in the Egyptian Museum Cairo were looted on the ‘Friday of Anger’, on 28 January 2011. It presents a full transcription, translation and commentary on the entire set, highlighting the similarities and differentiation between the texts on the shabtis and whether they were made by a single artist or different sculptors. It also investigates the titles of the owner, his name and the facial features.