Despite minor abrasions, this statuette is complete and in excellent condition; the glaze still retains its intense color and its original turquoise luster. The figurine stands upright, on a small square base, and is supported at the back by a thin pillar, which reaches the height of the shoulder blades.

The incised hieroglyphic inscription covers a horizontal band under the arms and a column on the legs of the ushabti.

As demonstrated both by the inscriptions and by the physiognomy of the face (wide face, pug nose, full lips), this statuette represents Khouemankh. The inscriptions transcribe excerpts from Chapter 6 of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and indicate the name and title of the owner of the ushabti: a man known as Khouemankh, born of Imypet who was a Priest of Khnum.

The name of the owner is not on the Egyptian lists, unlike that of his father, which is rare but documented, especially in the Greek period.

This statuette was made from the material which can be considered as the Egyptian material par excellence, the siliceous faience whose turquoise-blue color would depend on a more or less bright glaze and which formed during the firing process.

Following a widely attested typology, this ushabti is mummiform: it is standing upright, with his feet together, and are wrapped in a shroud. The hands are crossed on the chest and are holding the tools symbolizing agricultural work (an A-shaped hoe in the left hand and a pick in the right), while a trapezoidal seed sack hangs behind the back. He wears a tripartite wig, whose surface is smooth and regular, and has a twisted chin beard.

From the late New Kingdom on, the iconography and purpose of ushabtis seem to have been standardized: from substitutes for the deceased, these figurines became slaves at that time and served for their masters in the chores of the daily life (in the most humble tombs, the funerary figurines were simply made of terracotta or raw clay, covered with a white wash).

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