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Description: | Cat no. on left side and on back.
Height is recorded in pencil on the back. MANU Egypt After analysis, this figure is possibly from the 19th dynasty, around 1250BC.
The Ushabti figures were very important in old egyptian religion.
The figures were placed in the grave and would accompany the deceased to the afterlife.
The first figures, dating from around the 12th dynasty (1800BC) are very crude depictions of humans.
Later figures, especially the ones from the 18th dynasty, are highly detailed, with both faces and limbs painted or modelled.
The idea was that these figures would accompany the deceased to the afterlife, where they would work for him and do the tasks that were required of him. | 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 : MED1_2007 : 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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