Object Description
An Ancient Egyptian light blue faience shabti of a mummified form. The figure is depicted in the typical pose with arms folded across the chest. They are shown holding a hoe in one hand and a basket over the other shoulder, both rendered in black pigment. Such equipment were characteristics of ‘worker’ shabtis, included in burials to provide labour in the afterlife. The figure wears a tripartite wig, with a thick fillet rendered in black pigment across the forehead and tied at the back. The detailing of the face, modelled in relief, has now been worn, though the facial features are still distinguishable. The shabti has been repaired horizontally across the middle.
Date: Circa 1069-525 BC
Period: Third Intermediate Period