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Description: | Egypt Ushabti figure with bright blue glaze, which is much whiter on the back. The features are painted on heavily, and there are no eyes.
The inscription is bordered by vertical lines, and translates, "The Osiris, Sa (?)-Nefer". Inscriptions on ushabtis generally included the name Osiris as well as the name of the deceased person; the belief was that if a person made offerings to Osiris, they would be resurrected after their death. Ushabtis were meant to carry out the work of the deceased person once they had reached the Afterlife. | 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: | USHABTI : MUMMIES : BECCA : 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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