Ushabti-Figure of Irtu
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
An ebony ushabti was produced for Irtu, a Royal Scribe and Overseer of the Horses of the Lord of the Two Lands. The eyes and eyebrows accented in black pigment. The body is enveloped in a mummiform garment and a tripartite wig. The arms are visible in outline only from the shoulder to the elbow. There are 14 horizontal lines of text across the form of the figure, including the name and titles of the man and an excerpt from Chapter 6 of "The Book of the Dead." There is a small hole in the top of the foot. The back is subtly modeled but is void of detail.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.180