offering a shabti

[egyptmage]

Would a shabti be a good offering to an egyptian god. Has anyone everdone this before

[Corvus]

Re: offering a shabti

What is a shabti exactly?

[Caelia]

Re: offering a shabti

Shabti, as far as I know, were meant to be a "stand-in" of sorts for the dead and so weren't offered to the gods.

What is a shabti exactly?

Shabti are minature figurines with incantations. When the incantation is recited (written on the shabti) they came to life to do the work that the dead person was called to do-since in the afterlife one could be called to work in the fields and whatnot. Think of it as a sort of gollum.

[Corvus]

Re: offering a shabti

Shabti, as far as I know, were meant to be a "stand-in" of sorts for the dead and so weren't offered to the gods.



Shabti are minature figurines with incantations. When the incantation is recited (written on the shabti) they came to life to do the work that the dead person was called to do-since in the afterlife one could be called to work in the fields and whatnot. Think of it as a sort of gollum.

I have no idea how I forgot this. I'm ashamed

[Caelia]

Re: offering a shabti

I have no idea how I forgot this. I'm ashamed

No need to feel ashamed. You'd be amazed what I need refreshers with from time to time.