Ushabti of Ah-mose

ca. 550-400 BCE (Late Period) H: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm) Citation Source image

Ushabti (meaning "answerers"), also called "shawabti," which resemble miniature mummies, were made of different materials such as wood or Egyptian faience (ceramic-like material). These funerary statuettes represent the individual whom they accompanied into the tomb and the af...

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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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