#shawabty

[lionofchaeronea]

Faience ushabti of Painedjem II. Artist unknown; ca. 1070-664 BCE (21st-25th Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Shawabty, a funerary figurine that was intended to animate in the Afterlife in order to act as a proxy for the deceased when called upon to tend to field labor or other tasks, 1070BC-712BC, Egypt.

[thatshowthingstarted]

Shawabty Jar with Lid, 1295-1069 BC,

Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19 - Dynasty 20,

Diameter: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)

Overall: 29.4 cm (11 9/16 in.)

The Cleveland Museum of Art

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Egyptian mud coffin containing a wooden ushabti. Artist unknown; ca. 1580-1479 BCE (17th-18th Dynasty, late Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom). Found at Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[lionofchaeronea]

Ushabti (painted limestone) of one Khabekhnet. Artist unknown; 1279-1213 BCE (reign of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Found in the tomb of Sennedjem at Deir el-Medina; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[lionofchaeronea]

Ushabti (hematite) of one Ditamenpaankh. Artist unknown; late 12th or 13th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Shawabty, a funerary figurine that was intended to animate in the Afterlife in order to act as a proxy for the deceased when called upon to tend to field labor or other tasks, 1070BC-712BC, Egypt.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Shawabty, a funerary figurine that was intended to animate in the Afterlife in order to act as a proxy for the deceased when called upon to tend to field labor or other tasks, 1070BC-712BC, Egypt.