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Shaouabti or oushebti
blue-green frit
Ancient Egypt, Late Period (664 - 332 B.C.)
Dimensions: H. 11 with base; H. 6.5 without (cm.)
This oushebti rests on a slight bulge. He is wearing a false beard, a wig and farming implements. The green color is due to the aging of the earthenware pigments. He is an epigraph.
Votive use:
These statuettes represent the funeral servants who were to answer Osiris' call and replace the dead man in the work of the fields in the afterlife.
Depending on the social status of the deceased, funerary statuettes are made of terracotta, stone, bronze, wood or green or blue enamelled clay, and represent the deceased either in the Osirid (mummiform) position, or dressed in the garment he wore in everyday life.
Condition report: accidents and wear
Ref: 2GCZGOR078