Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Ushabti
Description
<p>This ushabti has long hair and wears a red-painted necklace. It has folded arms with tools incised in the right hand including a hoe and a sack. In the left is a mattock and a sack. There is nothing on the back. An inscription runs in horizontal bands on the front. This is a stock figure sold by the undertaker ready to order. The places where the names go are left blank, the name of the deceased is to be inserted when it is ordered by the bereaved family.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.168' rel='external'>Ushabti</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.168 tier-2
- Walters-id 776 tier-2
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