Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Ushabti of Princess Maatkare
View through Harvard Museums
Molded in faience, this ushabti has an uraeus on its forehead (a symbol of royalty) and breasts molded just above the hands, indicating gender. The inscription reads: "May the Osiris, the God's Wife of Amun Maatkare, shine." Ushabtis were buried in tombs and believed to assist the deceased in the afterlife.This ushabti holds two plows in its hands to plow the fields for the princess.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton Cambridge MA (by 1924) gift; to the Fogg Museum.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Miss Elizabeth G. Norton
Title: Ushabti of Princess Maatkare
Description:
Molded in faience, this ushabti has an uraeus on its forehead (a symbol of royalty) and breasts molded just above the hands, indicating gender.
The inscription reads: "May the Osiris, the God's Wife of Amun Maatkare, shine.
" Ushabtis were buried in tombs and believed to assist the deceased in the afterlife.
This ushabti holds two plows in its hands to plow the fields for the princess.
Related Results
Ushabti of Nesbanebdjed
Ushabti of Nesbanebdjed
Light blue-green faience ushabti of the overseer of the priests of Sekhmet in Mendes and priest of the ram god Banebdjed, Nesbanebdjed. The ushabti wears a braided, curved false be...
Mourning procession for the corpse event of the Catharina (Saxony-Weißenfels princess), Elisabeth (Saxony-Weißenfels princess) and Dorothea (Saxony-Weißenfels princess) Taf. 1 from: The most chubby and high born princesses, Fräwlein Catharinen, Fräwlein E
Mourning procession for the corpse event of the Catharina (Saxony-Weißenfels princess), Elisabeth (Saxony-Weißenfels princess) and Dorothea (Saxony-Weißenfels princess) Taf. 1 from: The most chubby and high born princesses, Fräwlein Catharinen, Fräwlein E
Mourning procession for the corpse event of the Catharina (Saxony-Weißenfels princess), Elisabeth (Saxony-Weißenfels princess) and Dorothea (Saxony-Weißenfels princess) Taf. 1 from...
The Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen
The Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen
Illustrations: steel engraving...
Portrait Amalia, Princess, Daughter of King George II of England (1711-1786)
Portrait Amalia, Princess, Daughter of King George II of England (1711-1786)
Portrait of Amalia Sophie, Princess of Great Britain. She was the second daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland and came from the house of Hanover. The British pri...
The Royal Family, Osborne 1857
The Royal Family, Osborne 1857
This is one of the few photographs which show Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with all their nine children (from left to right: Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Pri...
Charles Prince of Wales, James Duke of York, Princess Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Anne; : Children of Charles the First
Charles Prince of Wales, James Duke of York, Princess Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Anne; : Children of Charles the First
Portrait of the five eldest sons of Charles I; in the center of the stamp, the Prince of Wales, Charles, stands, with his right hand on the head of a huge mastiff. On her right, th...