2001.209: Ushabti
Sculpture
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2001.209
- Title
- Ushabti
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- statuette, sculpture
- Date
- c. 3100-656 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
- Period
- New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/165243
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- 5.95 cm (2 5/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Sally and Robert Huxley
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- 2001.209
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This small Egyptian faience ushabti is a mummiform figure with arms crossed over the abdomen. A single line of hieroglyphic text detailed in a black glaze runs along the front of the figure from below the neck down the length of the figurine. Facial features are also indicated in a black glaze. The figure is broken at the base and has been dowelled to a wood block. The figure's color is more blue on the backside, while the front has dulled in color and is stained from handling.
Verification Level
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