Just hanging out with my ushabti ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ friends!
I love ushabtis ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ so much, and itโs probably because my Nonno loved them. If you canโt tell, Iโm really happy in this picture ๐๐ ฑ๐ – even with the mask on you can tell Iโm smiling big!
Nonno always pointed them out in museums and he would tell me stories about how the ushabtis ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ were buried with the Egyptians ๐๐๐๐๐ช so they could do chores in the afterlife ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ and I thought that was so cool! I also liked them because they reminded me of little dolls!
As the display shows, ushabtis ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ come in all different sizes and colors. Depending on the time period they were also made of varying materials such as faience, clay, limestone or sometimes even bronze (which is much rarer).
The ushabtis ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ(most of the time people were buried with 365 worker ushabtis ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ -one for each day ๐๐๐บ๐ณ of the year and then also a bunch of overseer ushabtis ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ) often had spells inscribed on them which showed the task they were responsible for!
