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| | Virtual Egyptian - Shawabti of Queen Henuttawy, c.1050 BC |
 | | This is a shawabti of Queen Henuttawy, principal wife of Pinedjem I, who ruled upper Egypt as the Great Priest of Thebes from 1070 to 1032 BC, during the period referred to as the reign of High-Priests and Priest-Kings of Thebes. |
 | | Streamlined, almost minimalist, most often made of highly polished stone, a single statuette was placed in the tomb, representing the defunct, with his arms, his legs, his whole body shrouded in mummy trappings, up to his head. |
 | | One could reasonably argue that kings did not need shawabtis, because they expected to be exempt from any labor conscription in the kingdom of the dead (and they certainly had no compelling need for a funerary statuette immortalizing their physical appearance, as it was already well documented in a variety of media). |
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