Ancient Egyptian - Replica Faience - Shabti
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Replica Ushabti funerary, an ancient Egyptian mummiform ushabti with crossed arms and agricultural tools on the chest, made of replica faience, in the range of the Late Period but presented as a replica, measuring 12 cm high, 3.5 cm wide and 1 cm deep, weighing 66 g, in good used condition with minor signs of aging and stains, acquired in 2021 from a private collection and originally from Egypt.
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Replica
This is a mummiform Ushabti (or shabti), the most common type from the New Kingdom period to the Late Period. The Ushabti features a small reconstruction at the bottom of the legs.
The character is depicted blindfolded as a mummy, with crossed arms and agricultural tools on the chest – the typical ritual schema of ushabti destined to work in the afterlife. The surface is porous, beige-sand in color, and the wear indicates it is made of unglazed / unglazed faience.
Tripartite wig with vertical cuts.
• Barbetta osiriaca (sign of the deceased's assimilation to Osiris).
Simple outlines, rather schematic, indicative of serial production.
Arms crossed.
In the hands, a hoe and a pickaxe are recognized, magical agricultural tools.
It is a typical feature of ushabti from the New Kingdom onwards, but very common in the Late Period.
There are multiple horizontal rows of hieroglyphs carved in relief.
The shape of the engravings suggests
• A standard formula from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, the formula called 'shabti'.
Rapid, not particularly refined engravings suggest economical or mass production.
The typical complete formula read:
Illuminate the ushabti... if I am called to perform work in the afterlife, you will say: Here I am.
Epoch: Late Epoch, circa 664–343 BC.
Function: Substitute of the deceased in the works of the afterlife.
Replica
This is a mummiform Ushabti (or shabti), the most common type from the New Kingdom period to the Late Period. The Ushabti features a small reconstruction at the bottom of the legs.
The character is depicted blindfolded as a mummy, with crossed arms and agricultural tools on the chest – the typical ritual schema of ushabti destined to work in the afterlife. The surface is porous, beige-sand in color, and the wear indicates it is made of unglazed / unglazed faience.
Tripartite wig with vertical cuts.
• Barbetta osiriaca (sign of the deceased's assimilation to Osiris).
Simple outlines, rather schematic, indicative of serial production.
Arms crossed.
In the hands, a hoe and a pickaxe are recognized, magical agricultural tools.
It is a typical feature of ushabti from the New Kingdom onwards, but very common in the Late Period.
There are multiple horizontal rows of hieroglyphs carved in relief.
The shape of the engravings suggests
• A standard formula from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, the formula called 'shabti'.
Rapid, not particularly refined engravings suggest economical or mass production.
The typical complete formula read:
Illuminate the ushabti... if I am called to perform work in the afterlife, you will say: Here I am.
Epoch: Late Epoch, circa 664–343 BC.
Function: Substitute of the deceased in the works of the afterlife.
Details
Era
Before 1400
Weight
66 g
Culture
Ancient Egyptian
Title additional information
Funerary Ushabti replica
Century/ Timeframe
Replica
Acquired from
Private collection
No. of items
1
Material
Replica Faience
Year acquired
2021
Country of Origin
Egypt
Country acquired from
Egypt
Height
12 cm
Previous owner acquired from
Inherited
Width
3.5 cm
Previous owner - year acquired
2020
Depth
1 cm
Previous owner - country acquired from
Egypt
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
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