Egyptian Faience Ushabti: Horudja

An ancient Egyptian large green faience ushabti. The mummiform figure wears a tripartite wig and a long braided beard, his crossed hands which protrude from his wrappings hold a hoe, adze, and seed bag. The Hieroglyphic inscription names the owner: Horudja.

Late Period, 30th Dynasty,

Ca. 380 - 343 BC.

Height: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm).

cf.: Eton Myers Collection, University of Birmingham, inv. no. ECM 1708.

Formerly in the H. and B. Marko collection, Michigan.

Exhibited: The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Marko Collection: Antiquities, March - May 1990.

Published: W. H. Peck and P. Slough, The Marko Collection: Antiquities, (Detroit, 1990), no. 16.

Inv#: 8106

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