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Description: | Entry in G.B Deakin's (1979) descriptive notes reads:
(18)79-78 Ushabti
green glazed faience
foreman 6.3 cm in H.
Uninscribed Ushabtis, also known as shabtis and shawabtis, were funerary figurines buried with the dead meant to symbolize their servants in the afterlife. Often inscribed with the text of chapter VI of the Book of the Dead, they usually appear mummiform in appearance and carry the name of their owner. They usually hold a hoe and a basket, in order to symbolically complete the labour of the deceased in the afterlife. Saqqara was the royal necropolis attached to Memphis and was in use from c. 3100 BC until c.340 BC. As Memphis grew so did the graveyard attached to it. A large part of it consists of the Old Kingdom pyramids but it is also made up of rock cut tombs and the Serapeum. It is at Saqqara that can be found the Step Pyramid of Djoser (2667 - 2648 BC) and the 'pyramid texts' in the pyramid of Unas (2375 - 2345 BC). During the 27th Dynasty (525 - 359 BC), the Persians cut burial chambers into the underlying rock and buried notable officials there.
Accession number: NCM 1879-78 | Subjects: | death ceramics EGYPTIAN | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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