Usabti of Nehy, Viceroy of Kush
Artist
EGYPT, XVIII DYNASTY
Date15th century BC
Mediumsandstone
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of George Perkins Marsh
Object number1910.6.1 LA
DescriptionMummiform statue with crossed arms and closed fists; wearing royal Osirian beard and large wig; 5 vertical column of inscription in relief carving: The King's son (viceroy and overseer of the Southern Foreign Lands (Kush) Nehi, justified he says: 'O this ushabti, of the king's son is reckoned in the necropolis to do any labor which is done therein to plant the fields, to irrigate the field, or to transport the sand of the west to the east. I shall do it. Behold you shall say.' Face painted yellow with brown eyes; yellow stripes on wig; in back in ink: tomb on the Nile presented to GP Marsh by Khediv. Hole drilled in back and through bottom; grey paint around edges of feet with traces on back; sheared at buttocksOn View
Not on viewCollections
19th century
1917
1917
17th century
19th century
1306-30 BCE
