Box for Ushabtis or Canopic Jars
Description
<p>During the New Kingdom, ushabti figures were often placed in a painted wooden box shaped like a shrine. Only the sides of this box are preserved, and it may have held a number of ushabti figures or a set of canopic jars. The deities associated with death and the afterlife are represented on the box's panels. There is the figure of a jackal on top of a shrine, which represents the embalming god Anubis. Isis and Nephthys flank the large symbol of Osiris and the four sons of Horus. All of the inscriptions are related to the god Osiris.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/62.6' rel='external'>Box for Ushabtis or Canopic Jars</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 62.6 tier-2
- Walters-id 2451 tier-2
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