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Ushabtis are My Favorite – Video

Nonno and I are co-presidents of the Ushabti ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ fan club! As much as I also love the Temple of Dendur at the MET, nothing beats seeing all of the different types of ushabti ๐“†ท๐“„ฟ๐“ฏ๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ฎ๐“€พ figures on display! Seeing the ushabtis ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ makes me so happy!ย 

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Nonno and I are co-presidents of the Ushabti ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ fan club! As much as I also love the Temple of Dendur at the MET, nothing beats seeing all of the different types of ushabti ๐“†ท๐“„ฟ๐“ฏ๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ฎ๐“€พ figures on display! Seeing the ushabtis ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ makes me so happy! Fun Facts about Ushabti ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ figures: 1. The ushabtis ๐“†ท๐“„ฟ๐“ฏ๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ฎ๐“€พ served as substitutes for the deceased ๐“…“๐“๐“ฑ and would perform labor or jobs for them in the afterlife ๐“‡ผ๐“„ฟ๐“๐“‰. 2. Ushabtis are usually inscribed with specific spells ๐“Ž›๐“‚“๐“›๐“ฆ which assigned each ushabti ๐“†ท๐“„ฟ๐“ฏ๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ฎ๐“€พ to a certain task! The most popular one is the โ€œShabti Spell.โ€ 3. Ushabtis can be made of many different types of materials such as faience ๐“‹ฃ๐“ˆ–๐“๐“ธ๐“ผ, wood ๐“†ฑ๐“๐“บ, clay ๐“Šช๐“ˆ–๐“‹ด๐“ˆ‡, limestone ๐“‡‹๐“ˆ–๐“ˆ™๐“Œ‰ and rarely even bronze ๐“ˆ”๐“ค๐“ˆ’๐“ฆ! 4. People who could afford it were buried with over 400 ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ ushabtis ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ๐“ช! Usually there were 365 ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“พ worker ushabtis ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ๐“ช (one for each day of the year) and then overseer ushabtis! My Nonno loved ushabtis ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ๐“ช so much and would tell my sister ๐“Œข๐“ˆ–๐“๐“ and I stories about them! I love these statues so much and I may be among their biggest fans – I cannot get enough of them! Follow me to learn all about ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs, Egyptian mythology, art, culture and more! This is my personal ideo and original text. DO NOT repost. #ancientegypt #egyptianhistory #egyptologist #ancient_egypt #metropolitanmuseumofart #ushabti #ushabtis #shabti #shabtis #templeofdendur #historytok #egyptology

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Fun Facts about Ushabti ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ figures: 

  1. The ushabtis ๐“†ท๐“„ฟ๐“ฏ๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ฎ๐“€พ served as substitutes for the deceased ๐“…“๐“๐“ฑ and would perform labor or jobs for them in the afterlife ๐“‡ผ๐“„ฟ๐“๐“‰. 
  2. Ushabtis are usually inscribed with specific spells ๐“Ž›๐“‚“๐“›๐“ฆ which assigned each ushabti ๐“†ท๐“„ฟ๐“ฏ๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ฎ๐“€พ to a certain task! The most popular one is the โ€œShabti Spell.โ€ 
  3. Ushabtis can be made of many different types of materials such as faience ๐“‹ฃ๐“ˆ–๐“๐“ธ๐“ผ, wood ๐“†ฑ๐“๐“บ, clay ๐“Šช๐“ˆ–๐“‹ด๐“ˆ‡, limestone ๐“‡‹๐“ˆ–๐“ˆ™๐“Œ‰ and rarely even bronze ๐“ˆ”๐“ค๐“ˆ’๐“ฆ! 
  4. People who could afford it were buried with over 400 ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ ushabtis  ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ๐“ช! Usually there were 365 ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ๐“ฒ๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“Ž†๐“พ worker ushabtis ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ๐“ช (one for each day of the year) and then overseer ushabtis!

My Nonno loved ushabtis ๐“…ฑ๐“ˆ™๐“ƒ€๐“๐“ญ๐“€พ๐“ช so much and would tell my sister ๐“Œข๐“ˆ–๐“๐“ and I stories about them! I love these statues so much and I may be among their biggest fans – I cannot get enough of them!ย 

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