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Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. A nice example of an ushabti, double glazed with brown and green faience. The figure is mummiform, with a long false beard and holding hoes in each hand with the arms crossed over the chest. On the legs, hieroglyphs are inscribed. Comes with custom stand. Size: 1.3" W x 4.5" H (3.3 cm x 11.4 cm); height on stand: 5.05" (12.8 cm).

Ushabti were placed in tombs as grave goods, created to do manual labor for the deceased in the afterlife. As a result, they are frequently depicted with arms crossed, holding hoes and baskets. By the Third Intermediate period, this practice had become so necessary and elaborate that some tombs contained one worker for every day of the year and thirty-six overseers, each responsible for ten laborers. Workers like this one are from that period of enormous proliferation, and are some of our best surviving insights into ancient Egyptian funerary practices. Many are inscribed with pleas to Osiris. Compare a very similar example from the Petrie Museum, University College London, the Ushabti of Horuza, 26th Dynasty.

Provenance: ex-private Florida, USA collection

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  • Condition: Intact, with surface wear to faience colors as shown. Hieroglyphs are clear.

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