Brilliant Blue Royal Ushabti for Iset-em-Khebit

Size

15cm(H) x 5.5cm(W) / 6"(H) x 2"(W)

Item Type

Figure

Region

Egypt

Condition

Excellent

the figure is in superb condition, with just a minor crack repaired near base.

Full Description

Brilliant Blue Royal Ushabti for Iset-em-Khebit

From Thebes, Deir el-Bahri

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, c. 988-955 B.C

Given dimensions excl. stand, with stand 17cm (H)

Mummiform composition, wears tripartite wig of darker blue glaze, just beneath the lappets are small pair of breasts. Arms well modelled, crossed over the chest, each hand clutching hoe painted in black pigment; facial features in medium relief, fairly well defined, basket on reverse. Five bands of horizontal hieroglyphics cover lower body, naming the owner Iset-em-Khebit, the second wife and half sister of Pinudjem II, the high priest of Amen who ruled Upper Egypt during the 21st Dynasty, and the mother of Psusennes III, Herwebkhet, and Henut-tawy; her mummy and funerary items are considered amongst the finest of the period.

Inscription reads-'The Osiris, the 'Supreme Chief of the Harem of Amen/Iset-em-Khebit, justified/she speaks: O, Ushebtis.....'

cf. Janes 2002 no. 29