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Hieroglyphs on front. MANU Egypt The Ushabti figures were very important to old Egyptian religion.
The figures were placed in the grave and would travel with the deceased to the afterlife.
The figures first appeared in the 12th dynasty, around 1800BC, the first versions were crude models of humans, with only the general shape of one.
As the idea of what the figures represented changed, so did the figures themselves.
By the 18th dynasty the figures were very detailed models, including both a detailed faces, aswell as as hieroglyphs and limbs.
When the figures first appeared the idea was that if the the deceased's remains were damaged or destroyed, the Ushabti figure would serve as a substitute body for the soul in the afterlife.
Later this idea was modified, now the figure was intended to work for the deceased in the afterlife.
The hieoglyphs read "The Osiris, Mutenekh (bit missing), justified". | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | EM : EGYPT : USHABTI : : NORTH AFRICA : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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