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<em>Ushabti</em>, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view1.jpg)
Ushabti, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view1.jpg)
<em>Ushabti</em>, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view1.jpg)

Ushabti, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view1.jpg)

<em>Ushabti</em>, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view3.jpg)

Ushabti, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view3.jpg)

<em>Ushabti</em>, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view2.jpg)

Ushabti, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view2.jpg)

<em>Ushabti</em>, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view4.jpg)

Ushabti, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view4.jpg)

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Ushabti

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 664-332 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 26 to Dynasty 31
    PERIOD Late Period
    DIMENSIONS 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.178
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small pale blue-green faience ushabti of Hr-s3-3s'-t (Horus son of Isis), son of Hfk;w. Inscribed on plinth and one column down front of body. Grasps a flail. Condition: Good, poor and routine workmanship typical of late ushabtis.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Ushabti, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.178_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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    <em>Ushabti</em>, 664-332 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.178. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.178_view1.jpg)

    TAGS

    664-332 B.C.E.
    Blue-green
    Egypt
    Faience
    Flail
    Funerary figurine
    Holds Flail
    Horus, Son of Isis
    Inscription
    Late Dynastic Period
    Shabti
    Shabty
    Shawbti
    Small
    Typical Workmanship
    Ushabti
    Ushebti
    XXVI Dynasty to XXXI Dynasty

    TAGS

    664-332 B.C.E.
    Blue-green
    Egypt
    Faience
    Flail
    Funerary figurine
    Holds Flail
    Horus, Son of Isis
    Inscription
    Late Dynastic Period
    Shabti
    Shabty
    Shawbti
    Small
    Typical Workmanship
    Ushabti
    Ushebti
    XXVI Dynasty to XXXI Dynasty

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