Egyptian Ushabti

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This large volume presents a catalogue of 115 shabtis, or funerary statuettes, that are now held in private collections across Europe. The study stands out in particular for its high-quality lifesize colour photographs which illustrate the back and front of each shabti. The catalogue, which is arranged chronologically from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic period, includes transcriptions and translations of hieroglyphic inscriptions, descriptions of condition and provenance and a discussion of comparative examples and their location. Line drawings in the appendices illustrate types, hand positions, implements, baskets, amulets and positions of text. The CD presents full colour images of the shabtis.

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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is the greatest treasure-house of ancient Egyptian art there is, but major museums--and many smaller museums--in other countries throughout the world also boast fine Egyptian collections. While archaeologists excavate the remains of pyramids, temples, and tombs, scholars at museums, universities, and other institutions are also furthering the understanding of ancient Egyptian culture through their study of the artifacts contained in the world's Egyptian galleries. To celebrate the centennial of the Egyptian Museum, which opened its doors in 1902, museum directors and Egyptologists were invited to contribute accounts of Egyptian collections or studies of Egyptian artifacts around the world. The result is an impressive array of scholarship--in all, 130 studies in English, French, German, and Arabic describing collections from Argentina to South Africa, from the Netherlands to Jordan, and dealing with predynastic palettes and Ptolemaic coins, Meroitic anklets and hieratic ostraca, stelae and linen, scarabs and wigs.

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Unearthing Ancient America describes a medallion left in Michigan by Buddhist missionaries from India a thousand years ago, a 5th Century Christian church in Connecticut, the Grand Canyon's underground city, a Roman statuette washed up at New Jersey, secret maps of America Columbus used for his first voyage to the New World, an Inca skeleton in Norway's Viking grave, Florida's own Stonehenge, and thirty other articles by twenty-three investigators describing the impact made by overseas' visitors to our continent centuries before its official discovery. Illustrated with thirty original photographs, Unearthing Ancient America re-writes the textbooks by unveiling the lost prehistory of our country. It contains a wealth of fresh, occasionally suppressed evidence documenting the tremendous impact made on our continent by overseas visitors hundreds and even thousands of years before Columbus. The disclosures presented here re-write the prehistory of our country and provide a dramatic panorama of the past you never imagined before. The distinguished list of contributing writers to Unearthing Ancient America includes:* Wayne May, founder and publisher of Ancient American magazine* Gunnar Thompson, PhD, author of American Discovery* Nobuhiro Yoshida, language professor from the University of Kyushu* William Donato, the world's leading authority on the "Bimini Road"* David Hatcher Childress, founder of The World Explorers Club and head of Adventures Unlimited Press

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Egyptian Museum, Cairo. 26th Dynasty 600 B.C.

The Ushabti is a figurine, usually mummiform, which was placed in the tomb to carry out the necessary work in the next world which the deceased might be called upon to do. Ushabtis were also used to answer in the name of the deceased for the possible actions that they had done while alive-that is the origin of the name, Ushabti, ?the one that answers?. Whenever the deceased was called in the next world to sow the fields, carry sand, etc, the Ushabti was supposed to reply, "Here am I'. The best examples like the one represented here were inscribed with a version of the sixth chapter, the Ushabti chapter of the Book of the Dead. It was believed that the recitation of the text could make the figure come alive to carry out the obligations asked for in the other world to the deceased. Here the Ushabti holds a pickaxe and an adze.

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• Size: 8"H (23cm)
• Item Type: statue
• Material: bonded stone
• Weight (lbs): 1
• Museum Wholesale Reproduction

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Egyptian Museum, Cairo. 26th Dynasty 600 B.C. The Ushabti is a figurine, usually mummiform, which was placed in the tomb to carry out the necessary work in the next world which the deceased might be called upon to do. Ushabtis were also used to answer in the name of the deceased for the possible actions that they had done while alive-that is the origin of the name, Ushabti, ìthe one that answersî. Whenever the deceased was called in the next world to sow the fields, carry sand, etc, the Ushabti was supposed to reply, "Here am I'. The best examples like the one represented here were inscribed with a version of the sixth chapter, the Ushabti chapter of the Book of the Dead. It was believed that the recitation of the text could make the figure come alive to carry out the obligations asked for in the other world to the deceased. Here the Ushabti holds a pickaxe and an adze.

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• Size: 8"H (23cm)
• Material: bonded stone
• Type: Precision Museum Store Company replica/reproduction statue
• Weight: 1 lbs, ship wt: 3 lbs, ship box: 14x8x8

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10x8 Canvas Print, White Sides. , EGYPTIAN SERVANT GIRLS. Two USHABTIS - half-sized figurines placed in a pharaohs tomb ; these two represent female attendants carrying food and drink for their dead master. Chosen by Mary Evans. Photo printed on archival quality canvas. Laminated. Canvas print stretched and hand mounted over thick 1 3/8 inch wooden bars. No frame, Gallery art appearance. Ready to hang. This item is shipped from our American lab.

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• This 10x8 Canvas Print features an image chosen by Mary Evans. Estimated image size 254x203mm.
• White Sides Photo printed on archival quality canvas. Laminated. Canvas print stretched and hand mounted over thick 1 3/8 inch wooden bars. No frame, Gallery art appearance. Ready to hang
• Image Description: Two USHABTIS - half-sized figurines placed in a pharaohs tomb ; these two represent female attendants carrying food and drink for their dead master
• For any queries regarding this item please contact Mary Evans c/o Media Storehouse quoting Media Reference 606495
• © (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2007

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Photo Mug, EGYPTIAN SERVANT GIRLS. Two USHABTIS - half-sized figurines placed in a pharaohs tomb ; these two represent female attendants carrying food and drink for their dead master. Chosen by Mary Evans. 11oz White ceramic coffee mug e. Image printed using sublimation ink process. Microwave, dishwasher safe.

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• This Photo Mug features an image chosen by Mary Evans. Estimated image size 105x81mm.
• 11oz White ceramic coffee mug e. Image printed using sublimation ink process. Microwave, dishwasher safe
• Image Description: Two USHABTIS - half-sized figurines placed in a pharaohs tomb ; these two represent female attendants carrying food and drink for their dead master
• For any queries regarding this item please contact Mary Evans c/o Media Storehouse quoting Media Reference 606495
• © (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2007