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Haynes, Meltzer: Shabtis: Privately Owned Egyptian Antiquities in Ontario. Fascicle 1: Shabtis. Loose leaf catalogue

Shabtis: Privately Owned Egyptian Antiquities in Ontario. Fascicle 1: Shabtis. Loose leaf catalogue. Ca. 24x29.5cm
Joyce L. Haynes, editor Edmund S. Meltzer
x, 40 sheets in folder, with editor's foreword, preface, many illustrations. 1983

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Stewart: Egyptian Shabtis. Paperback

Egyptian Shabtis. Paperback
Harry M. Stewart
64 pages, index, 52 illustrations. The ancient Egyptians believed that the statutory agricultural labour imposed on them in order to utilise the Nile floods would continue in the afterlife. To avoid this irksome duty they devised the shabti, a figurine which they hoped would deputise for them on being activated by the appropriate magic spell. If the idea smacks of 'draft-dodging', the figures are nevertheless of considerable artistic interest

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