Carter Snapbti - Set Ma’at

Carter Snapbti - Set Ma’atA weathered sandstone Snapbti left intentionally unfinished. Unlike the more elaborate figures placed within royal tombs, Set Maat stands as a tribute to the generations of workers and artisans who shaped the Valley of the Kings itself. The painters, sculptors and labourers of Deir el Medina, whose hands built eternity for others. Its surface remains rough. Worn. Quiet. Only the gilded eyes remain untouched. As if the creature was interrupted before

only one stands in it

Forged in Forgotten Flames

faience was a quartz-based ceramic associated with rebirth

he sees where something is about to slip

a Roman shore fort now falling slowly into the marsh

Skipper is a dragon born not of nature

she sees not just what is moving

this Snap Dragon could easily be mistaken for one of these buried relics

they'll be gone for good

Only to be uncovered if our original collection sold out

archaeologists uncovered the remnants of over 140 Roman pottery kilns and a long-lost bath house

but no longer held