Object Description
An Egyptian faience funerary statuette in the form of a standing male, wearing a projecting skirt and thus recognisable as an overseer shabti. He wears a long, plain, wig, characteristically tied by a black fillet. The facial features are modelled, with the eyes and eyebrows painted in black pigment. The remnants of a false beard can be seen, black pigment slightly visible, showing royal connections. The ushebti’s right arm is raised to his chest, holding a whip in hand, whilst the left arm hangs down his side, carrying an additional whip. There is a hieroglyphic inscription displayed down the front of the skirt and legs in additional black pigment.
The hieroglyphs read as:
???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ????
The transliteration reads as:
Ẉsir – Ḥry (.t) – wbḫ.t mЗʿ.t-ḫrw
The translation reads as:
The Osiris, Her-Webkhet, justified.
Date: Circa 976-944 BC
Period: Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty