Shabti News
We are pleased to announce the official launch of Shabtirologia.com, a new digital platform dedicated to the study and documentation of ancient Egyptian shabtis. Conceived as both an academic and educational resource, the website aims to provide structured, accessible, and rigorously documented information on individual pieces from private collections and museums not generally accessible to the public.
At the time of its launch, we presented its first ten catalog entries. New pieces will be incorporated progressively, with the aim of generating an extensive database that contributes to the study of shabtiology through precise documentation and open dissemination of knowledge.
(Barcelona, may 2026)
Introduction to shabtirology.com
This website focuses on the monographic study of shabtis, not from a general perspective, but exclusively on previously unpublished pieces. All of them belong to private collections and museums, and their geographical scope is initially limited to Spain. These are pieces that are not normally accessible to the public: shabtis unknown to most people.
The main objective is to make previously unpublished material available to all those interested in and studying the discipline. Figuratively speaking, the aim is to offer these statuettes the opportunity to emerge from anonymity and become publicly known, through a platform open to any author who wishes to share and showcase their collection, thus contributing to the progressive enrichment of the field.
Shabtirology
Today, the study of and interest in these types of figurines has reached a remarkable level of development. Several of us are now dedicated to this new discipline, which I have chosen to call shabtirology. It is a neologism composed of two elements: shabti, the Egyptian term used to designate Egyptian funerary figurines (along with other names, such as shawabtis or the more common ushabtis), and the suffix -logy.
Shabtyrology aims to establish itself, from now on, as a new discipline within the broad framework of Egyptology.
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Content of this website
Shabtis are the subject of study on this page and are presented as individual units of analysis. Consequently, general aspects of shabtis are not addressed here. For a comprehensive overview, please consult the Sources section, which contains general resources and websites.
Each piece is documented using a structured technical data sheet that includes the main information: name, chronology, dimensions, provenance, typology, formal and epigraphic description, as well as associated texts. This information is accompanied by a brief contextualization within its historical and typological framework.
ach record also includes its corresponding photographic documentation and bibliographic references.
Access to the content is free. Full fact sheets can be requested in PDF format via the email address indicated at the bottom of the page. The only requirement is that the source be cited.
Gallery
The gallery contains information sheets for each piece. The content has been divided into two main sections: private collections and pieces from museums.
There is a third section called Miscellany, which includes objects related to shabtirology, as well as some articles by the author whose common denominator is shabtis.
The images displayed on the homepage are the latest additions to the website. To see them all, we recommend visiting the gallery.
Once inside, by clicking on the image, we can get a better view of the piece, even allowing us to enlarge it.
