Daily grind
Senenu grinding grain,limestone.
Late Dynasty XVlll,reign of Tutankhamen (ca.1336-1327 BC),
Ay (1327-1323 BC),or Horemheb (ca.1323-1295).Reportedly of Thebes.
The royal scribe Senenu appears here bent over a large grinding stone.This unusual sculpture seems to be an elaborate version of a shabti,a funerary figurine placed in a tomb to work in place of the deceased in the hereafter.The hieroglyphic text included Senunu's claim to a blessed afterlife by virtue of his proper behavior toward the king and gods.
Daily grind
Senenu grinding grain,limestone.
Late Dynasty XVlll,reign of Tutankhamen (ca.1336-1327 BC),
Ay (1327-1323 BC),or Horemheb (ca.1323-1295).Reportedly of Thebes.
The royal scribe Senenu appears here bent over a large grinding stone.This unusual sculpture seems to be an elaborate version of a shabti,a funerary figurine placed in a tomb to work in place of the deceased in the hereafter.The hieroglyphic text included Senunu's claim to a blessed afterlife by virtue of his proper behavior toward the king and gods.