Ushabti inscribed with text; green Egyptian faience. Mummiform figure holding "mr" hoe and cord to seed bag in left hand and pick or axe in right hand. Eight horizontal lines of text on front. Plain back pillar, standing on small block. Height 18.4 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt, no location, Late period, prob. Byzantine. 26 (500-700 B.C.),
Culture or time period:
Byzantine (395-1453 AD)
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Context of use:
Funerary figure intended to labor in place of the deceased in the land of the dead.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
depth 3.5 centimeters, height 18.4 centimeters, and width 5.3 centimeters