Ancient Egyptian shabti box of the steward of Djehutyhotep, wood, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (1450-1350 BC), Egyptian Museum, Turin. Old Fund Cat 2443. <br />
Essential items of funerary equipment from the New Kingdom on, shabti figures, of which there could be from 1 to over 400 examples in a single tomb, were meant to substitute for the deceased whenever he or she was called upon to perform manual labor in the afterlife. the shabti box is a decorated wooden box to hold the figures