Ushabty Archaeological Artifact E 1983.68.19 - Image

Funeral statue, ushabty. The figurine is carved into a single piece of wood with fiber arranged longitudinally to the axis of height and intermanent painted: the pigments have been laid directly on the wood by means of a binder (gum arabica), with a thickness to ensure a good cowl: colours used are red (red earth), white, black (vegetable black), yellow ochre and Egyptian blue. No paints have been used. Schematic model: mummiform “esile” figurine; long tripartite wig painted in black; face lightly modelled by painted strokes; necklace painted in red; arms crossed to the chest, opposite hands: hands painted in red: each hand holds a hoe, painted in red. Slightly modelled glass: at the center cross-fibre trapezoidal basket, red. On the furnishings side are framed 4 hieratic lines painted in black on a yellow background, with the name (title and matronymic/patronymic?) of its title.intact: deep slit on the elbow sn and detachment of pictorial film in several places; mounted on a pedestal in modern times.