1) Egyptian artefact type 
figurine of deceased person placed in Egyptian tomb
Ushabti were funerary statuettes in the form of a mummy, interred with the dead in ancient Egypt. The word is usually said to denote an 'answerer' who responds on behalf of the deceased to the call for service in the realm of Osiris. At first made of stone or wood, by the end of the 18th dynasty they were almost always of glazed falence. The many-c...
Literally translated it means 'to answer.' It is a small mummiform figure placed in tombs to do work in the afterlife on behalf of the deceased. In some tombs of the late New Kingdom whole gangs of ushabti workers were included with different tools for doing different work. A complete collection would consist of 401 Ushabti: one for each day of the...
see Shabti
see shabti