Egyptian Ushabti - Shabti of King Aspelta Sculpture statue museum reproduction art 12" www.Neo-Mfg.com home decor
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Shabti of King Aspelta (Acc. 8578)
Faience shabti figurine of king Aspelta, holding two hoes and one basket, with the right hand higher than the left.
Dated to the early 6th century BC, equivalent to Dynasty 26 in Egypt. Excavated by George Reisner, Harvard-Boston Expedition 1913-15. Type = Reisner I 3d.
Pyramid of King Aspelta Inscriptions Eight (8) lines of hieroglyphic inscription.
28.2 x 9.2 26th Dynasty Nuri, Sudan Collector: Harvard-Boston Expedition Date Collected: 1913 Acquisition: Sudan Museum, Khartoum (Exchange, 1926)
There are many comparable examples, one is at the British Museum, AN236690001. Excavated by George A Reisner at Nuri, pyramid 8 (Napatan culture).
King Aspelta
Horus name: Neferkhau Nebty name: Neferkhau Golden Falcon name: Hornebu Prenomen: Merykare Nomen: Aspelta
(593-568 BCE)
Son of Queen Nasalsa and likely a son of Senkamenisken. Buried in Pyramid 8 at Nuri. The sarcophagus of King Aspelta was found in his tomb. It is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (23.729)
The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings, Ancient Egyptian plural: ushabtiu) was a funerary figurine used in Ancient Egypt. Ushabtis were placed in tombs among the grave goods and were intended to act as servants or minions for the deceased, should they be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife. The figurines frequently carried a hoe on their shoulder and a basket on their backs, implying they were intended to farm for the deceased. They were usually written on by the use of hieroglyphs typically found on the legs. Called “answerers,” they carried inscriptions asserting their readiness to answer the gods' summons to work.
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