Medium: Faience
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:664–343 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 3 15/16 x 1 3/16 x 7/8 in. (10 x 3 x 2.3 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 37.220E
Image: CUR.37.220E_view1.jpg,
Catalogue Description:
[One of] eight green faience mummiform ushabtis of Ns-sw-tfnt [Nesitef, son of Mutirdis]. Each wears a non-striated triprtite wig. There is a bag incised on the back of the left shoulder. The hands are crossed and juxtaposed, the right holding a hoe and the left a pick. Each is inscribed with four to six line of text without guidelines.
The eight ushabtis bear four to six lanes of inscription, all variations the same spell and which read as follows:
[Hieroglyphic inscriptions]
Condition: Broken in two across middle with modern repair