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/uːˈʃabti/ · noun
In Ancient Egypt, a figurine of a dead person, placed in their tomb to do their work for them in the afterlife..
These little images were called in Egyptian “Ushabti,” or “Respondents,” and were in fact supposed to act as servants of the deceased, it being their duty to answer for him and serve as his substitutes when called upon to do labourer's work [...].
The air was all at once full of Egyptian and Greek tear-bottles, Ushabti, and Sèvres.
Spectacular objects began to surface throughout the world; […] elaborate ivory powder boxes engraved with peacocks or pictures of lions and unicorns playing draughts, precious ushabtiu figures, the combs of an unknown princess, her red ivory jars of frankincense and eye paint, copper coffers, poison rings, diadems.
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Ushabti means In Ancient Egypt, a figurine of a dead person, placed in their tomb to do their work for them in the afterlife..
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These little images were called in Egyptian “Ushabti,” or “Respondents,” and were in fact supposed to act as servants of the deceased, it being their duty to answer for him and serve as his substitutes when called upon to do labourer's work [...].
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