Ushabti
Ushabti

Currently not on view

Ushabti,

ca. 664–525 BCE

Egyptian
possibly Late Period (Saitic), 26th Dynasty, ca. 712–332 BCE
y1959-148

Information

Title
Ushabti
Dates

ca. 664–525 BCE

Medium
Faience
Dimensions
13.6 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm (5 3/8 x 1 7/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Mayer
Object Number
y1959-148
Inscription
[Translated by David A. Pendlebury, U. of Penn., March 31, 1992]: Shd Wsir 'I h-ms ms n Hrd- 'nh mz' -hrw (Illumine Osiris Ahmos born of Khered-ankh, true of voice)
Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Period
Twenty-sixth Dynasty
Type
ushabti, funerary objects
Materials
faience
Subject
headdresses, figures (representations), hieroglyphics, symbols of office

Acquired by Horace L. Mayer at an unknown date from an unknown source; given to the Museum in 1959 by Mayer.

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