Ushabti for Horiraa. Ancient Egypt, Dynasty XXVI, Reign of Necao II, 610-595 BC. Faience. 17.5 cm height. Condition: Good condition. It only has a dent at the end of the beard and a small restoration in the back right area of ​​the base, the rest intact. Provenance: Private collection from the South of France. From the collection of an Archeology expert, formed between the 60s and 90s. Description: Ushebti for Horiraa, an eminent figure in the royal court who distinguished himself as tutor to the sons of (Nekau, Neku) Necao II, and was thus tutor to the next pharaoh, Psametic II. As a reward for services rendered to the royal family, he obtained during the reign of Apries (successor of Psametic II) the possibility of being buried with a quantity of grave goods befitting a king. His tomb was found in the Memphis necropolis at Saqqara (LS23) and consists of two chambers accessible through a shaft. Ushebtis are small statuettes that were placed in tombs as part of the grave goods of the deceased. The oldest surviving examples come from the Middle Kingdom, although references to them can be found in texts from the end of the Early Empire. Throughout the ages they always maintained the same function in the religious sphere but, while during the Middle Empire they were conceived as representing their owner before Osiris in the tasks of tilling the kingdom of the shadows, replicas of the deceased, from the New Empire onwards they came to be seen as servants or slaves of the deceased, and were produced in large quantities. Bibliography: - SCHNEIDER, p. III, 5.3.1. 179/181, 1977. Parallels: - Ushabti by Hor-ir-aa, Museum of Liverpool, inv. M13876. Notes: - The piece includes authenticity certificate. - The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested, can take between 1-2 weeks maximum. - The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.