Shabti of Wahibre-emakhet

This funerary statuette belongs to the new type that evolved during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. By this period, the name ushebti (’answerer’) had become generally used, and at the same time, the diversity of material (stone, clay, metal, wood) and design that was characteristic of the statuettes produced in the New Kingdom had disappeared. The figures wearing a long god’s beard on their chin resembled depictions of Osiris wrapped tightly in a mummy shroud. The statuettes were placed on a low base and were supported by a back pillar. Inscriptions were arranged in horizontal lines encircling the body or in a column on the back pillar.
The owner of this statuette was a priest of the goddess Wadjet of the Lower Egyptian city of Imet under the rule of pharaohs Apries and Amasis. Although the exact location of his tomb is unidentified, numerous funerary statuettes of Wahibraemakhet can be found in the collections of various museums.