καιρός remembered

Stand-ins

This collection of funerary servants (shabtis) was found in the tomb of Neferibreheb who lived around 500 BC. Every day one of them is supposed to take the place of the deceased and work in the fields of the afterlife. Wrapped in a shroud like Osiris – the god of the dead and the afterlife, but also of fertility and vegetation – they all look alike. Still, in the details, individual features have been achieved.

Photo of the week: Troop of funerary servant figures in the name of Neferibreheb, c.500 BC, Egypt, Musée du Louvre-Lens, France 2024