Description Late period Ushabti
Green glazed faience, partly slightly bumped
Height appx. 125 mm, width appx. 35 mm, depth appx. 25 mm
Late period, XXV-XXVI dynasty around 700-600 BC
Provenance: Swiss private collection 1992, private collection Austria
The Ushabti, inscribed with seven horizontal text fields, corresponds to the late period type. She has a mummy figure with a long wig, ceremonial beard, back pillar and tools.
Expert: Dr. Helmut Satzinger, Professor of Egyptology, University of Vienna
Former Keeper of ‘The Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection’, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Literature: Wilfried Seipel hrsg., “?gypten, G?tter, Gr?ber und die Kunst”, Ausstellungskatalog Linz 1989, Nrs. 214-293
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