Letโs read some hieroglyphs ๐น๐๐ช! Today ๐๐๐๐ณ we are going to be learning about the Shabti Spell! The Shabti Spell was a special hieroglyphic inscription ๐๐ ฑ๐ which gave the ushabti ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ figure the ability to perform tasks, such as manual labor, for the deceased ๐ ๐๐ฑ in the afterlife ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐.
We are going to look at the blue ๐๐น๐๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฅ faience ๐ฃ๐๐๐ธ๐ผ ushabti ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ that is in this picture!
The โShabti Spellโ usually starts off with the following phrase:
๐ด๐๐๐ถ – The Illuminated One
๐น๐จ๐ญ – The Osiris
Then the โShabti Spellโ will usually list the deceasedโs ๐ ๐๐ฑ job/titles:
๐ – Scribe
๐ – Treasury
So this specific ushabtiโs ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ spell starts off with โThe Illuminated One, The Osiris, The Scribe of the Treasuryโฆโ – after this, the name ๐๐ of the deceased ๐ ๐๐ฑ person would appear (we canโt see it the text wraps around the ushabti) and then the name ๐๐ of either the deceasedโs ๐ ๐๐ฑ mother ๐ ๐๐ or father ๐๐๐ would also be listed.
The word for โushabti ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พโ also appears in the Shabti Spell! It is usually part of the phrase โO these Shabtis, if I am counted, if I am reckoned at any works in the godโs landโฆโ which is the part of the spell ๐๐๐ that calls on the ushabti ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ to do the work for the deceased ๐ ๐๐ฑ in the afterlife ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ so it is very important because this is the whole point of the ushabti ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ figure!ย
Let me know if you like the image above with the inscriptions ๐๐๐ฅ highlighted!ย
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