Light green faience with incised hieroglyphics, a seed pack to the back shoulder. Faience ushabtis were produced in all sizes and in varying shapes. The better quality statues were usually larger with inscriptions on the front and back. If a complete spell was not included on the ushabti, it was customary to identify the deceased with Osiris by inscribing the name of the deceased along with that of Osiris on each ushabti. 26th Dynasty. Because the daily life of ancient Egyptians centered around agriculture, they viewed the next world as primarily agrarian. They believe that the deceased would have to plant the fields and maintain irrigation canals, so the little statues, buried in tombs, took on the appearance of field workers. They were mummiform, so as to be identified with Osiris, the god of the dead, but their hands were protruding from the bandages so they could do the work.
Egyptian antiquities are authentic and come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Egyptian
525 BC
6”

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