EGYPT
Ushabti figure
664 BCE-332 BCE

Medium
faience

Measurements
12.6 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Signor Spiro Magnarisi, 1881
© Public Domain

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Inscription
none

Accession Number
7-D1A

Department
Antiquities

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
A slender figure with precise and clear features. The figure stands upon a low pedestal with a back pillar which merges into the back of the wig. It holds an adze in its left hand and a hoe in the right hand which also grasps a cord supporting a basket over the left shoulder. The figure wears a long plaited false beard and has large ears. There is a brown stain on the left side and near the base.

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EGYPT
Ushabti figure
664 BCE-332 BCE