Ancient Egyptian Pottery Overseer Ushabti and a banded headdress with

and a banded headdress with textured detailing

the god of the afterlife

Carved from pale limestone

and painted facial panels

Weight: approx

Ancient Egyptian Pottery Overseer Ushabti and a banded headdress withAncient Egyptian Pottery Overseer Ushabti Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070664 BCE A molded Nile silt pottery overseer ushabti retaining traces of its original white slip and black painted hieroglyphic inscription. Overseer ushabtis are significantly less common than standard worker figures and were intended to supervise the shabti labor force, ensuring that all tasks required of the deceased in the afterlife were carried out. The inscription