Ushabti

1550-1069 BCE (New Kingdom) H: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) Citation Source image

This figure has long hair painted black. The eyes are also black. In the right hand is a hoe, and in the left is a mattock. Behind each shoulder is a sack. The inscription claims the piece is made for "the scribe, Nwfy." Then follows the regular ushabti formula.

Sculpture

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158
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sculpture
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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