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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Istanbul >> Museums - Müzeler >> Istanbul Ancient Orient Museum > Istanbul Arch Museum 01385.jpg
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09-SEP-2003

Istanbul Arch Museum 01385.jpg

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A funerary gift in the shape of a box, with three ‘ushabti’-statuettes. Ancient Egypt.

The ushabti (also called ‘shabti’ or ‘shawabti’, with a number of variant spellings, Ancient Egyptian plural: ‘ushabtiu’) was a funerary figurine used in Ancient Egypt. Ushabtis were placed in tombs among the grave goods and were intended to act as servants or minions for the deceased, should he/she be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: Wikipedia.

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