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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Ushabti of Pa-dj-jmen-nisut-[netjeru]
Description
<p>Ushabti (meaning "answerers"), also called "shawabti," which resemble miniature mummies, were made of different materials such as wood or Egyptian faience (ceramic-like material). These funerary statuettes represent the individual whom they accompanied into the tomb and the afterlife. If a god called on the deceased to perform labor in the afterlife, this servant substitute, magically invoked by a traditional spell, would answer and do the work on behalf of the tomb's owner.This ushabti-figure displays its owner with a long wig and a divine beard (a long chin beard with a curved lower end), with hoes in his hands for the work in the fields. Two columns of inscriptions are on his frontal body below the arms.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.391' rel='external'>Ushabti of Pa-dj-jmen-nisut-[netjeru]</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A standing Egyptian ushabti (shabti) figure with a mummiform head and incised/painted inscription on its torso and legs, shown against a neutral background.
The object depicts a small male funerary figurine standing upright. The head is mummiform (banded/rounded with a stylized face), and the figure wears a kilt/garment and holds a bound/strip-like item over the chest with both hands (with one or two clearly visible raised arms/hands). The front of the torso and the long shank of the body are covered with tightly arranged hieroglyphic signs indicating the ushabti spell/identification, though the signs are not fully legible at this resolution. A dark, glossy base (likely a modern display mount rather than original) supports the figure. Overall surface appears light-colored/grey with some weathering and loss, consistent with a glazed ceramic or faience object, though the exact glaze color is not clearly distinguishable in this image.
funerary
unclear (likely New Kingdom to Late Period based on typical ushabti form, but cannot be confirmed from the image alone)
good
Materials
ceramic/faience body (glaze not clearly color-detectable in image)modern dark display base
Signs
Hieroglyphic lines on torso/legs (individual signs not reliably legible) ×10
Inscriptions (2)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] ""The Osiris: Pa-dj-jmen-nisut-
Inscription #2
English description
[netjeru], born of Ta-djt-Aset-men may be safe.""
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 48.391 tier-2
- Walters-id 16560 tier-2
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