Ancient Egyptian Pottery Overseer Ushabti and areas of calcification

and areas of calcification

desiccation cracking

and painted facial panels

This sculptural fragment preserves an expressive anthropomorphic face with elaborate headdress

Weight: approx

Ancient Egyptian Pottery Overseer Ushabti and areas of calcificationAncient Egyptian Pottery Overseer Ushabti Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070664 BCE A molded Nile silt pottery overseer ushabti retaining traces of its original white slip and black painted hieroglyphic inscription. Overseer ushabtis are significantly less common than standard worker figures and were intended to supervise the shabti labor force, ensuring that all tasks required of the deceased in the afterlife were carried out. The inscription