Ushebti; Egypt, Lower Egyptian period, Ptolemaic period, 2nd-1st century BC. Fayenza. Attached
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Ushebti; Egypt, Late Antique, Ptolemaic period, 2nd-1st century BC.
Fayenza.
Enclosed is a photocopy of the purchase invoice dated 1984.
Provenance: Private collection in Barcelona.
Measurements: 14 x 4 x 4 cm.
Ushebtis are small statuettes that were placed in tombs as part of the grave goods of the deceased. The oldest preserved examples come from the Middle Empire, although we already find references to them in texts from the end of the Ancient Empire. Throughout the ages they always maintained the same function in the religious sphere, but while during the Middle Empire they were conceived of as representing their owner before Osiris in the tasks of tilling the kingdom of the shadows, replicas of the deceased, from the New Empire onwards they came to be seen as servants or slaves of the deceased, and were produced in large quantities.
Fayenza.
Enclosed is a photocopy of the purchase invoice dated 1984.
Provenance: Private collection in Barcelona.
Measurements: 14 x 4 x 4 cm.
Ushebtis are small statuettes that were placed in tombs as part of the grave goods of the deceased. The oldest preserved examples come from the Middle Empire, although we already find references to them in texts from the end of the Ancient Empire. Throughout the ages they always maintained the same function in the religious sphere, but while during the Middle Empire they were conceived of as representing their owner before Osiris in the tasks of tilling the kingdom of the shadows, replicas of the deceased, from the New Empire onwards they came to be seen as servants or slaves of the deceased, and were produced in large quantities.
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Ushebti; Egypt, Lower Egyptian period, Ptolemaic period, 2nd-1st century BC. Fayenza. Attached
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