Ushabti of Pa-dj-jmen-nisut-[netjeru]

Egyptian (Artist)

late 5th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)

Egyptian faience with blue glaze
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

Ushabti (meaning "answerers"), also called "shawabti," which resemble miniature mummies, were made of different materials such as wood or Egyptian faience (ceramic-like material). These funerary statuettes represent the individual whom they accompanied into the tomb and the afterlife. If a god called on the deceased to perform labor in the afterlife, this servant substitute, magically invoked by a traditional spell, would answer and do the work on behalf of the tomb's owner.

This ushabti-figure displays its owner with a long wig and a divine beard (a long chin beard with a curved lower end), with hoes in his hands for the work in the fields. Two columns of inscriptions are on his frontal body below the arms.

Inscription

[Translation] "The Osiris: Pa-dj-jmen-nisut-[netjeru], born of Ta-djt-Aset-men may be safe."

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.**

William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Without base H: 4 5/8 × W: 1 5/16 × D: 7/8 in. (11.8 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm)
With base H: 6 9/16 × W: 2 13/16 × D: 2 13/16 in. (16.7 × 7.2 × 7.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, by 1931

Location in Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Collector's Study

Accession Number

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48.391

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