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The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings) was a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian funerary practices. The Egyptological term is derived from đ ąđđđđđž wšbtj , which replaced earlier đˇđŻđđđđž šwbtj , perhaps the nisba of đđŻđđ šwęŁb " Persea tree".
Stick shabtis had a different purpose to most of the normal ushabtis. While ushabtis were most often placed into the burial chamber and had the function to work for the deceased, stick shabtis were always found in the overground cult chapel of Egyptian tombs, only at Thebes. They are often placed into roughly carved model coffins.
Egyptian faience is a sintered-quartz ceramic material from Ancient Egypt. The sintering process "covered [the material] with a true vitreous coating" as the quartz underwent vitrification , creating a bright lustre of various colours "usually in a transparent blue or green isotropic glass".
Possible ownership of the tomb was identified by the presence of a shabti bearing the name of Nepherites I; however, definitive proof has not been found. [13] Although still containing funerary objects and a large limestone sarcophagus , the tomb was believed to have been destroyed by the Persians in 343 BC. [ 12 ]
The Shabti and Ushabti are different figurines in Ancient Egypt. The two articles should be kept separate. Leoboudv 06:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC) As far as I'm aware, Ushabti and Shabti are merely different ways of saying the same thing in two seperate languages - Ushabti is generally considered more authentic, Shabti more Anglicised.
Crypt of the Sphinx, Room 1 of the Department with the Great Sphinx of Tanis. The Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre (French: Département des Antiquités égyptiennes du Louvre) is a department of the Louvre that is responsible for artifacts from the Nile civilizations which date from 4,000 BC to the 4th century. [1]
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Faience plate with the complete royal titulary of Ay, Egyptian Museum. Depending on the chronology followed, Ay served as pharaoh between 1323 and 1319 BC, [15] 1327–1323 BC, or 1310–1306 BC. Tutankhamun's death around the age of 18 or 19, together with the fact he had no living children, left a power vacuum that his Grand Vizier Ay was ...