Ushabti

Dateca. 1350 B.C.E

Mediumceramic, faience

Dimensions6 × 1 × 1 in. (15.2 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque High School

Object numberPC1976.83.51

DescriptionThis object is an Ushabti, a small figurine placed within tombs in ancient Egypt to act as a servant to the deceased in the Afterlife. This figurine is comprised of blue-glazed ceramic. It stands on a square-shaped base with its head and arms visible at the top of the object. The Ushabti holds two instruments in its crossed hands placed on its chest. The two objects are likely the crook and flail, symbolic tools often held by pharaohs to liken them to the god Osiris. Turquoise-colored glaze is most easily visible on the left side of the object, while the right side displays exposed ceramic material.

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