Iahmes¹

Faience figure in turqoise/greenish color. Arms not visible but presumed crossed. Closed fits. The left hand holds a pick and the right an adze together with a rope. Tripartite wig. Braided Osirian beard. Back pillar. Sack over the left shoulder.
The text appears in the central section framed in two columns. Vertical reading from right to left.

Ushebti accquied at auction²

This is a highly stylized statuette, with a markedly elongated appeareance, both in its overall proportions and its facial features.

The owner has the title of ^kTn, «charioteer» or «driver»³ .It is a term of Asiatic origin, introduced into Egypt possibly during the Eighteen Dynasty. It designated the driver of the war chariot of a high-ranking personage. Those who performed this function often also held the status of high-ranking officers. From the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty onward, the title came to have a purely honorific character4.

Other ushebtis of this same individual are known, bearing inscriptions on the back pillar (see Schneider 1977, vol.3, p.61, pl.129 ⟨5.3.1.162-163⟩; Schlögl 2006, p.49 and Meffre 2026, p.36-37).

The discussion concerns the transcription of the mother’s name. In the studied specimen , the reading Htp-Ntt, has been adopted, an anthroponym not recorded by Ranke; the closest attested form would be Htp-nit. (Ranke II, 308,29).

Tanto Schlögl como Loffet interpretan el signo N como un Neith (R4) defectuoso. En consecuencia, el nombre de filiación debería leerse de Htp-neith. Esta interpretación resulta coherente con el contexto de la época saíta, durante el cual muchas mujeres incorporaban en sus nombres el de la diosa protectora de Sais. Por el contrario, tanto Jean Luc Chappaz, como Raphaële Meffre proponen Htp-nt. 5

As a final point of interest, it should be noted that in the Bonhams catalogue the ushebti is attributed to Ramose, whereas the mother’s name is transcribed as Depet.