Ushabti
Ushabti

Currently not on view

Ushabti

Egyptian
New Kingdom, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1550–1070 BCE
y377

Information

Title
Ushabti
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
11.3 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm (4 7/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Prime Collection
Object Number
y377
Place Made

Africa, Egypt, Thebes

Inscription
"The Osiris (=deceased) priest of Amonsesonter (Amon-re, King of the Gods), Amenemopet, the Justified, the chief outline draughtsman of the temple of Amon, (son of) the Osiris Neket (=man's name)." Read by Briant Bohlepe, University of Chicago, August 25, 2000.
Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Period
Twenty-first Dynasty
Type
ushabti, faience, funerary objects
Materials
faience
Subject
hieroglyphics, figures (representations)

Originally belonged to the collection of Mr. Prime; part of the Old Collection

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