Ushabti (Funerary Figurine) of Psamtek
Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Amasis (570–526 BCE)
- Medium
- Faience
- Classification
- Funerary Object
- Dimensions
- 18.4 × 7.1 × 3.8 cm (7 1/8 × 2 7/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Africa
- Credit line
- Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This figure is made of faience, a baked substance composed of ground quartz. The color was derived from copper oxides.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0