Post pictures of your Ushabti!

[Platon]

It would be interesting to see if there is a good variety of ushabtis or shabti owned by users on this board. Ushabtis are perhaps the most collectable variety of ancient Egyptian antiquities. I will start by posting the two modest ushabtis that I own. They were likely created in the Ptolomaic era of 300-30 BC. They are both made of faience and both roughly 6cm tall.

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[Juli]

I only have one and it has some damage. Mine is also from the Ptolomaic era and measures about 4 cm or 5 cm if it were complete. I hope to someday get a better more complete one. This is currently my only Egyptian antiquity. I would like to buy more in the future.

[Kamnaskires]

Here's one I used to own.  Sold it a few years back.

[Platon]

Two gorgeous ushabtis! Do you have any idea what the hieroglyphics read on your former ushabti Robert?  There are a few scribbled on the back of one of mine and I am trying to figure out what it might say. Not sure if it might be a name or some form of prayer or something else.

[Kamnaskires]

Sorry, but I'm afraid I don't know what the translation might be.

[ancientone]

Here's a few from my gallery.  First two are 26th dynasty circa 685-525 BC, not sure on third.

[Platon]

Does anyone know if smaller ushabtis might've been burried with poorer people, and the larger and more detailed ones for the upper classes? I've always wondered what kind of context my two ushabtis come from. They could've been burried together for one person? Or each was the lone ushabti for a single person? I don't know much about how ushabtis were used in ancient egypt.