MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Ushabti-Figure of Irtu - Walters 22180.jpg An ebony ushabti was produced for Irtu a Royal Scribe and Overseer of the Horses of the Lord of the Two Lands The eyes and eyebrows accented in black pigment The body is enveloped in a ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Ushabti-Figure of Irtu - Walters 22180.jpg An ebony ushabti was produced for Irtu a Royal Scribe and Overseer of the Horses of the Lord of the Two Lands The eyes and eyebrows accented in black pigment The body is enveloped in a mummiform garment and a tripartite wig The arms are visible in outline only from the shoulder to the elbow There are 14 horizontal lines of text across the form of the figure including the name and titles of the man and an excerpt from Chapter 6 of The Book of the Dead There is a small hole in the top of the foot The back is subtly modeled but is void of detail ca 1388 1348 BC New Kingdom ebony with black pigment cm 22 2 accession number 22 180 32509 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Translation The Illuminated One The Royal Scribe The Overseer of the Horses of the Lord of Two Lands He says O' these shabtis who are numerous if this one is assembled to any work in the Necropolis to cultivate the fields to irrigate the riverbanks to ferry sand of the east to the west or any unpleasant task that is imposed upon him there as a man at his duties I am here shall you say The Royal Scribe Keeper of the Horses for the Lord of the Two Lands Irtu place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ushabti in the Walters Art Museum Ushabti of the Egyptian New Kingdom Ebony
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