"Mummy-shaped Servant – Oushebti – Earthenware – Ancient Egypt – Archaeology"
Statuette representing a mummiform servant also called, oushebti or shaoubti. Arms crossed in front. Earthenware with greenish patina and enhanced with black paint on the headdress, to draw the eyes, eyebrows and mouth. Hieroglyphic inscriptions partially erased on the legs. 11cm high Between the 19th and 20th dynasties. End of the New Kingdom. Old French collection which was composed of numerous Egyptian artifacts. This oushebti was acquired by the collector at an auction on June 28, 2003 in Sens.