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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ~ USHABTI #2280025

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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ~ USHABTI #2280025
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VERY RARE ITEM, NEVER FOUND SIMILAR.</em></td>
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The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings) funerary figurines were placed in tombs among the grave goods and were intended to act as substitutes for the deceased, should he be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife. They were used from the Middle Kingdom (around 1900 BC) until the end of the Ptolemaic Period nearly 2000 years later
The term shabti applies to these figures prior to the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt but after the end of the First Intermediate Period, and really only to figurines inscribed with Chapter Six of the Book of the Dead. Otherwise, they might better be defined by the generic term, funerary figurines.

The shawabti were a distinct class of funerary figurines within the area of Thebes during the New Kingdom.

The term ushabti became prevalent after the 21st Dynasty and remained in use until Ptolemaic times.

It is thought by some that the term ushabti meant "follower" or "answerer" in Ancient Egyptian, because the figurine "answered" for the deceased person and performed all the routine chores of daily life for its master, though it would be difficult to reconcile this derivation with the form of shawabti
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#: 4921</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1900 BC</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ~ USHABTI</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:stone composite</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:check description</td></tr>
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