Ushabti
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: WOODEN FIGURE, PAINTED GOLD PECTORAL DECORATION, HIEROGLYPHICS ON LOWER TORSO; MOUNTED ON WOODEN BASE, BLACK AND RED PAINT REMNANTS, WHITE GESSO OR UNDERCOAT. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
label: Notes
content: Shabti is either gilded or inlaid with gold pieces forming the collar. Inscription hard to decipher - damage in critical places. Hands missing, probably made from glass. Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan interprets standard prayer, normal and proper hieroglyphic signs, but the name of the deceased wherever added is in hieratic. Dynasty XVIII - XIX.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Shabti, 1292-1190 BC. Shabti wears wig and jewelry like living people. As a worker in the afterlife, it has broken hands that show it once carried a hoe.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, New Kingdom Period
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553168-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 5 cm