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of the stele, the figures of Kasa and his wife, Kemi are sítting facing each other on the two sides of an offering table, with their labels above them. An offering formula addressed to Osiris runs along the bottom of the stele. Neither the stele, nor the time of the office of Kasa can be dated more precisely than to the second half of the 18" dynasty. III.28. Nebnefer Date: late 184 — early 19 dynasty (based on stylistic criteria and on the supposed date of the depot of the shabtis) Genealogy: unknown Tomb: unknown Remains: — shabti, Amiens, Musée de Picardie, 3057.326 — shabti, San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum San Francisco, 1925.133 Functional title: wb3 nswt ss nswt Honorific title: hsjj 3 n ntr nfr The wb3 nswt ‘royal wb?’ Nebnefer is attested only on two shabtis found in Umm el-Qaab in Abydos.‘ Both shabties are made of limestone, delicately crafted, painted polychrome, and the text of the shabti formula, the Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead can be read on their body. They were obviously votive objects offered by Nebnefer to Osiris, as the text on the shabti in San Francisco mentions that he followed the lord of Abydos, Osiris on the festival of Thot. Beside his titles, the texts does not provide any additional information on Nebnefer.‘ The shabtis of Nebnefer were found in a depot with two other shabties.°°° Their stylistic features as well as the fact that the owner of one of the other two shabtis is well-known from the late 18" — early 19'" dynasty make it possible to date both the depot and the shabtis of Nebnefer to this period as well. 604 | would hereby like to thank Frauke Pumpenmeier for providing me with information on Nebnefer and his shabtis. 65 Amélineau incorrectly read the title wb3 nswt ‘royal wb?’ as hmww nswt ‘royal craftsman’. Amélineau, 1899, 161-162. ‘°° Amélineau mentions that five shabtis were found together in the depot, nevertheless, he describes only four, see Amélineau, 1899, 75. and 160-164 respectively.
