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The visible content includes a main title "Shabti texts" followed by several paragraphs of explanatory information. The text discusses the historical usage and significance of terms like "shabti," "shawabti," and "ushabti," explaining their connection to the verb 'to answer' and figures' responses to work summons. It details the "shabti spell," a magical text known since the Twelfth Dynasty (around 1900 BC) and later incorporated into chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. A common version of the spell is quoted: "O shabti, if [the deceased] be summoned to do any work which has to be done in the realm of the dead, to make arable the fields, to irrigate the land, or to convey sand from east to west, 'Here I am', you shall say, 'I shall do it.'" The text also describes how smaller shabtis bore the owner's name and title, often with the introductory formula "Glorifying the Osiris," and mentions other texts referencing the owner's desire to see the life-giving sun or commemorating the figure's presentation by the king. A small dark dot is visible at the very bottom of the page, possibly a minor smudge or dust.](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/patr-3a75e.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fimage_picker_f516cbd2-b8df-4282-b.jpg?alt=media)
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The media file displays a page from a book, oriented vertically but captured horizontally, featuring academic text about ancient Egyptian "Shabti texts." The page is light-colored with dark, presumably black, printed text. The visible content includes a main title "Shabti texts" followed by several paragraphs of explanatory information. The text discusses the historical usage and significance of terms like "shabti," "shawabti," and "ushabti," explaining their connection to the verb 'to answer' and figures' responses to work summons. It details the "shabti spell," a magical text known since the Twelfth Dynasty (around 1900 BC) and later incorporated into chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. A common version of the spell is quoted: "O shabti, if [the deceased] be summoned to do any work which has to be done in the realm of the dead, to make arable the fields, to irrigate the land, or to convey sand from east to west, 'Here I am', you shall say, 'I shall do it.'" The text also describes how smaller shabtis bore the owner's name and title, often with the introductory formula "Glorifying the Osiris," and mentions other texts referencing the owner's desire to see the life-giving sun or commemorating the figure's presentation by the king. A small dark dot is visible at the very bottom of the page, possibly a minor smudge or dust.
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