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Source Description
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 god called on the deceased to perform labor, this servant substitute, magically invoked by a traditional spell, would answer and do the work on behalf of the tomb's owner.This ushabti served as a proxy for the "chief painter Ka-ha," who worked at Deir el-Medina during the reign of Ramesses III (1185-1153).
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Document identity
localId
10745
label
Ushabti Figure of Ka-ha
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10745
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Ushabti Figure of Ka-ha
description
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 god called on the deceased to perform labor, this servant substitute, magically invoked by a traditional spell, would answer and do the work on behalf of the tomb's owner.This ushabti served as a proxy for the "chief painter Ka-ha," who worked at Deir el-Medina during the reign of Ramesses III (1185-1153).
provenance
Abemayor, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Musueum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1170 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
ushabti
figurines
statuettes
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
7 3/16 in. (18.2 cm)
style
Ramesside
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Inscription
standard ushabti formula] for ""the Osiris
chief of the painters
Ka-ha
the blessed""
dynasty
20th Dynasty
reign
Ramesses III (1185-1152 BC)
med
limestone, paint
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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b736ba9f44b2452b