Ancient Egyptian Pottery Overseer Ushabti or ritual action

or ritual action

artfully mounted on modern silver hooks for wear

and a stylized headdress or coiffure

draped and cuirassed

The figure wears a short cape and a tall headdress painted with bitumen highlights forming geometric motifs

Ancient Egyptian Pottery Overseer Ushabti or ritual actionAncient 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