Publications and links of interest
For a more in-depth exploration of the topic of funerary statuettes, a selection of highly recommended links of interest is provided below.
Additionally, the bibliography used by the author for the creation of all content on this page is included at the end of the page.
Links
Ushabtis
Dik Van Bommel’s Page. Generalist content, also specializing in the finds from Bab el Gasus, the royal cache (royal cachette), pharaohs, and rare specimens. Excellent.
Shabticollections
Niek de Haan’s Page. Generalist content. Specialist in the Third Intermediate Period. Extensive database of pieces from private collections and museums worldwide. Excellent.
Shabtis
Glenn Janes’ Page. Generalist content. Currently considered the leading authority on shabtis. Author of several books focusing on UK museums and European private collections. Excellent.
Egiptian Ushebtis
Moisés González’s Page. Generalist content. Collections from national and international museums. Large selection of online publications.
The Global Shabti Project
Page created by Meg Gundlach. An ambitious, worldwide database, nourished by contributions from all those interested in promoting the study of shabtis.
Sempremaategiptologia.cat
Núria Auberni’s Page (in Catalan). Generalist content. Shabti specialist. Currently working on The Coffinnette Project.
Page by the recently deceased Jean-Luc Chappaz, which compiles over 17,000 shabti names from around the world.
Index bibliographique des figurines funéraires
Bibliography
ARAÚJO 2003
Luís Manuel de Araújo, Estatuetas funerarias egípcias da XXI dinastia, Fundaçao Calouste Gilbenkian, Lisbon 2003.
AUBERT 1974
Jacques F. Aubert and Liliane Aubert, Statuettes Égyptiennes,Chaouabtis,Ouchebtis, Paris 1974.
AUBERT 1998
Liliane Aubert, Les statuettes funéraires de la Deuxième Cachette à Deir el-Bahari, Paris 1998.
BERLEV & HODJASH 1998
Oleg Berlev and Svetlana Hodjash, Catalogue of the Monuments of Ancient Egypt from the Museums of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Caucasus, Middle Asia and the Baltic States, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 17, Fribourg 1998.
BOVOT 2003
Jean-Luc Bovot, Les serviteurs funéraires royaux et princiers de l’Ancienne Égypte, Paris 2003.
BONHAMS
Catalog July 6, 2023
Catalog July 4, 2024
Catalog December 9, 2024
Catálogo 12 diciembre 2025
BRESCIANI-BERTRÒ
Edda Bresciani-Marilina Bertrò, Egypt in India: Egyptian antiquites in indian museums.Pisa 2004
CAA 1990
Elfriede Reiser-Haslauer, “Uschebti I”, Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Lieferung 5, Mainz/Rhein 1990
CAMINOS 1964
Ricardo A. Caminos, The Nitocris Adoption Stela, JEA 50: 71-101
CAVILIER 2017
Giacomo Cavilier, Catalogo degli Ushabti del Museo Egizio di Firenze, vol.II, BAR International Series 2872, Oxford 2017.
CHABAS 1863
François Chabas, Observations sur le chap.VI du rituel egyptien, à propose d’une statuette funéraire du musée de Langres, Paris 1863.
FAULKNER 1996
Raymond O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford 1996.
JANES 2011
Glenn Janes, The Shabti Collections 2: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Cheshire 2011.
JANES 2012
Glenn Janes, The Shabti Collections 4: Stockport Museums, Cheshire 2012.
JANES 2012b
Glenn Janes, The Shabti Collections 5: A Selection from the Manchester Museum, Cheshire 2012.
JANES 2016
Glenn Janes, The Shabti Collections 6: A Selection from World Museum, Liverpool, Cheshire 2016
JANES 2026
Glenn Janes, Pahermer shabti database in Databases for shabtis of the Third Intermediate Period , Academia.edu,2026
JONES 2000
Dilwyn Jones, An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom, Volume 1, BAR International Series 866(I), Oxford 2000
KOHL 2018
Theresa Kohl, Diener für die Ewigkeit, Die Uschebti-Sammlung im Roemer-und Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim 2018.
LOFFET 2013
Henri Charles Loffet, La Collection Emmacha, Antiquités Égyptiennes, Livre 1, Les shabtys et ouschebtys, Paris 2013.
MONNET 1970
Janine Monnet Saleh, Les Antiquités Égyptiennes de Zagreb, Paris 1970
Percy E. Newberry, Funerary Statuettes and Model Sarcophagi, Catalogue Géneral des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Cairo 1930.
PETRIE-QUIBELL 1896
Flinders Petrie and J.E. Quibell, Naqada and Ballas 1895, London 1896.
RAHMAN 2006
Abdul Rahman Al-Ayedi, Index of Egyptian Administrative and Religious Military Titles of the New Kingdom, Cairo 2006.
RANDALL-MACIVER & MACE 1902
David Randall-MacIver and A.C. Mace, El Amrah and Abydos, London 1902.
RANKE 1935
Hermann Ranke, Die Ägyptischen Personennamen, Band I, Glückstadt 1935
TYLDESLEY 1998
Joyce Tyldesley, Daughters of Isis, Barcelona 1998
URIACH 2022
Javier Uriach Torelló, ¡Aquí estamos! Estatuillas funerarias egipcias de algunas colecciones de Barcelona. Barcelona 2022.
WARD 1982
William A. Ward, Index of Egyptian Administrative and Religious Titles of the Middle Kingdom, Beirut 1982.
WHELAN 2007
Paul Whelan, Mere Scraps of rough wood? 17-18 Dynasty stick shabtis in the Petrie Museum and Other Collections, GHP Egyptology 6, London 2007.
Other publications and links
A generalist content page that contains my first article on shabtis, published in 2005, which served as the basis for subsequent publications.