Caption

Ushabti, carelessly made figurine with schematic facial features, in a narrow wig revealing the ears, with a rather short beard. In his hands he holds a mattock. The back is flat, the end of the wig is marked with an engraved line. Feet on a pedestal. Glaze almost completely worn away. Third Intermediate Period, Egypt; ushabti; height 6.6 cm, width 2 cm, depth 1.4 cm., A roughly vertical stone object with an irregular, weathered surface displayed against a plain light gray background, showing a textured form that tapers toward the bottom and widens at the top, with subtle rough bumps and pitted areas; the surface color is primarily light beige with patches of pale green and small areas of bluish-gray, as well as darker gray speckles, and the object casts no visible shadow on the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_370

License type

Rights managed

Available size

25.3Mb (709.6Kb) / 8.4in x 11.7in / 2515 x 3513 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ushabti carelessly figurine schematic facial features narrow wig revealing ears short beard hands holds mattock back flat wig marked engraved line Feet pedestal Glaze almost completely worn away Third Intermediate Period Egypt ushabti height 6.6 cm width 2 cm depth 1.4 cm roughly vertical stone object irregular weathered surface displayed plain light gray background showing textured form tapers bottom widens top subtle rough bumps pitted areas surface color primarily beige patches pale green small areas bluish-gray well darker gray speckles object casts no visible shadow background.