Ancient Egyptian mud coffin containing a wooden ushabti. Artist unknown; ca. 1580-1479 BCE (17th-18th Dynasty, late Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom). Found at Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Faience ushabti of Painedjem II. Artist unknown; ca. 1070-664 BCE (21st-25th Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ushabti (painted limestone) of one Khabekhnet. Artist unknown; 1279-1213 BCE (reign of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Found in the tomb of Sennedjem at Deir el-Medina; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ushabti (hematite) of one Ditamenpaankh. Artist unknown; late 12th or 13th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Detail from the faience shabti of Queen Tia. Artist unknown; ca. 1295-1186 BCE (19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Found at Medinet Habu; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ushabti (limestone, originally painted) of Takai. Artist unknown; late 18th or early 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Ushabti (serpentinite) of Tjebure. Artist unknown; ca. 1295-1186 BCE (19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Painted wooden ushabti of the scribe Seti. Artist unknown; late 18th or early 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Double ushabti (limestone) of Khaemwaset and Mesyt. Artist unknown; 18th or 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ushabti (painted limestone) of Mesu. Artist unknown; 1279-1213 BCE (reign of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ushabti (painted limestone) of Amunemhat. Artist unknown; ca. 1400-1336 BCE (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
Ancient Egyptian ushabti (limestone with traces of paint) of one Takai. Artist unknown; late 18th or early 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Ushabti (painted limestone) of Maa-nakht-ef. Artist unknown; ca. 1200 BCE (19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.
Faience ushabti belonging to Queen Henettawy. Artist unknown; ca. 1070-945 BCE (reign of Painedjem I, 21st Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period). Thought to have come from Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Double ushabti (serpentinite?) of Benermerut and his mother Ikhem. Artist unknown; ca. 1479-1425 BCE (reign of Thutmose III, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Model coffin and ushabti of Wahneferhotep, from the causeway of the pyramid of Senusret I at el-Lisht. Artist unknown; 12th or 13th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ushabti (painted pottery) of Khonsu, son of Sennedjem. Artist unknown; ca. 1279-1213 BCE (reign of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). From Sennedjem's tomb at Deir el-Medina, Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.