shawabti
[ shuh-wab-tee ]
noun
a figurine placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to serve as a slave for the soul or as a substitute for the soul in performing forced labor.
Origin of shawabti
11920–25; <Egyptian šwʾbt(y), later known as wšbty literally, answerer; perhaps derivative of šw'b kind of wood
- Also ushabti.
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How to use shawabti in a sentence
Each figure is also inscribed with the usual shawabti text in horizontal lines across the front and sides of the body.
Five Years' Explorations at Thebes | George Edward Stanhope Molyneux CarnarvonA group of broken shawabti figures, blue faience, of Zed-Khensu-auf-ankh.
Five Years' Explorations at Thebes | George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Carnarvon
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