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| Keywords: Egyptian - Ushabti of Pa-dj-jmen-nisut--netjeru- - Walters 48391.jpg Ushabti meaning answerers 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 ca 400 360 BC Late Period faience with blue glaze cm 11 8 accession number 48 391 16560 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Translation The Osiris Pa-dj-jmen-nisut-netjeru born of Ta-djt-Aset-men may be safe place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ushabti in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Works of the Egyptian late period | ||||
