Faience shabti figure funerary equipment, ushabti

; Date(s): -332 - -30; Classification(s): funerary equipment, ushabti, moulded; Acquisition: given by Hornblower, G.D., 1939 [E.271.1939] Description: shabti, blue glazed, uninscribed. A shabti (shawabti or ushabti) is a small mummiform figure that was put in the tomb to 'answer the call' to perform tasks on behalf of the deceased such as tilling and irrigating the lands.

Collection

Fitzwilliam Museum

Inventory Number

1878090

Title

Faience shabti figure funerary equipment, ushabti

Object Type

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