Ushabti Figure of Ka-ha

ca. 1170 BCE (New Kingdom) 7 3/16 in. (18.2 cm) Citation Source image

Ushabti (meaning "answerers"), also called "shawabti," which resemble miniature mummies, were made mostly from inexpensive materials such as wood or Egyptian faience. These funerary statuettes represent the individual whom they accompanied into the tomb and the afterlife. If a...

Sculpture

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10745
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Abemayor, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Musueum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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Ramesside
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