ushabti (Figure)
About this object
Narrative
The van Haersolte Collection
Cultural context
Placed with deceased as a servant.
Physical description
Figure depicting a mummy with arms crossed and a sceptre in each hand. The figure is painted with black hair, facial features in black and reddish-brown, a band of reddish-brown on each upper arm, and a column of hieroglyphs painted down the front. An area of low-relief rectangles in grid form is outlined in reddish-brown paint with a reddish-brown line extending above and below it on the figure's back to its right side.