Shabti, modern tourist art
Production date
1900
Country
Egypt
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Object detail
Description
Modern Egyptian shabti holding tool. Shabti is represented standing upright with arms folded across the chest and wearing a lappet-wig. Hieroglyphic inscription down front and clean reverse.
Classification
ARCHAEOLOGY Egyptian figure
Production date
1900
Production place
Measurements
L136mm x W40mm x D33mm
Media/Materials description
Clay (pottery)
History and use
Shabtis (Egyptian ushabti), are funerary figurines, usually mummiform in appearance, which developed during the Middle Kingdom. They were buried with a person, standing in place of the deceased and their servants. They were intended to free the deceased from the necessity of labour in the afterlife, which was required for the deceased to produce their own food.
This is not an authentic antiquity, and has been made for the tourist market.
This is not an authentic antiquity, and has been made for the tourist market.
Registration number
E40041
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