Shabti of Pharaoh Taharqa
25th Dynasty, reign of Taharqa (690-664 BC)
Granite
Height: 33.2 cm
Inv.: MEB E-643
Taharqa was the most important of the so-called black pharaohs. His shabtis, found in the royal necropolis of Nuri (Sudan), contain a special version of chapter VI of the Book of the Dead.