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GHAD It feels surreal being this close to a real mummiform coffin
May 27, 2026 at 12:23 PM
archeobrinck.bsky.social
Bonus artifact post!

Ancient Egypt. Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, c. 664-30 BC. A gorgeous little bright blue faience ushabti. Depicted mummiform, with crossed arms holding the symbolic pick and hoe. H: 66mm (2 1/2"), with vibrant blue glaze.
February 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
bmegyptian.bsky.social
Standing Mummiform Statuette of Osiris https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/19095
Standing Mummiform Statuette of Osiris
May 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
alisabokulich.bsky.social
Checking out the new #Egyptology feed, offering this closeup of Isis from a mummiform coffin at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston...
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Closeup of a colorful painting of the Egyptian goddess Isis, kneeling with outstretched wings, on a richly decorated mummiform coffin on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
August 20, 2023 at 4:55 PM
zaswadosaze.bsky.social
amentenofre
-the first Guardian of the fourth gate, Whose name is "the Devourer", represented jackal-headed and mummiform

-one of the Deities composing the Fourth Ennead, represented mummiform

#ancientegypt #egyptology #kemetic #gods #ancientart
August 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Double Ushabti of Benermerut and his mother, Ikhem
carved stone
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, reign of Thutmose III
c. 1479-1425 BCE
Egypt

#egypt #ancientegypt #doubleushabti #memorial #Benermerut #mother #carved #stone #handmade #newkingdom #18thdynasty #thutmoseIII #mummiform #eternity #afterlife
A double ushabti is a rare ancient Egyptian funerary artifact consisting of two mummiform figures carved together from a single piece of stone or wood. Unlike standard single ushabtis meant to act as manual-labor servants in the afterlife, double ushabtis typically depict two close family members—such as a husband and wife, or a mother and her son—resting together for eternity. Benermerut was an ancient Egyptian official during the 18th Dynasty under Pharaoh Thutmose III, serving as overseer of the treasury, chancellor, and chief of the gold and silver houses.
July 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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ushabti of Ka-ha, the Chief of Painters for the royal tombs - 19th Dynasty, circa 1279-1213 BC.

the ushabti is now in the Walters Art Museum.
painted wooden statue of a male figure wearing long black wig or head adornment. the body is iin white mummiform with arms crossed over chest. several lines of hieroglyphs are written down its body.
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
bmegyptian.bsky.social
Shabty of Princess Muthotep https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3985
[One of] four white glazed faience mummiform ushabtis of the Mistress of the House, Songstress of Amun, Muthotep. Belong with 37.137E and 37.139E.
December 20, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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Uninscribed Ushabti https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116890
Uninscribed faience ushabti. Stands on base. Mummiform, holding tools. Details of beard incised but not those of wig. Similar to ushabtis 37.181E thru 37.195E.
April 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
bmegyptian.bsky.social
Shabty of the Scribe Amunemhat https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3548
Brown wood ushabti of the Scribe Amenemhet. Conventional mummiform type with plain lappet wig, arms crossed but hands clasp nothing. Eight lines of incised inscription inlaid in green. Originally bearded. Condition: Beard lost from figure. Name obliterated in antiquity and replace leaving surrounding are damaged. Minor chips.
March 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
bmegyptian.bsky.social
Amulet of the Goddess Ma'at https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/19174
Small green feldspar figure of a seated, mummiform woman, probably Maat. Wig with two strips hanging down to breast. Small base. Back of figure inscribed with incised Greek letters. Not pierced.
January 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
propcazhpm.bsky.social
A symbol of self-knowledge, "Ethiopia Awakening" is recognized by art historians as the first Afrocentric work of art, and the earliest surviving work by an artist of the African diaspora that adopted forms to profess African identity.

Ethiopia Awakening, ca. 1914-21
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
#BHM
Ethiopia Awakening, ca. 1914-21 Plaster. Elegant bronze sculpture of Egyptian queen removing mummy bandages. In the early twentieth century, the term " Ethiopia" was used to refer either to a specific territory in Africa or to the whole African continent. In Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller's lively sculpture, Ethiopia is an allegorical figure representing the global population of African descent. Adorned with a pharaonic nemes headdress, she unravels her mummiform bandages in a gesture of self-determination and arousal from unconsciousness. A symbol of self-knowledge, Ethiopia Awakening is recognized by art historians as the first Afrocentric work of art-the earliest surviving work by an artist of the African diaspora adopting African forms to profess African identity.
February 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
bmegyptian.bsky.social
Figure of Ptah as Amulet https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/19214
Pale green faience figure of Ptah, as amulet. Conventional type of standing mummiform figure clasping scepter in front of body. Plinth, pierced horizontally.
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
bmegyptian.bsky.social
Uninscribed Ushabti https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116941
Two minute blue faience ushabtis. Seemingly mummiform, hands crossed, no beard and no facial modelling. Condition: The workmanship is very crude with little detailing. The color, once blue-green, is now faded with pitting.
November 17, 2024 at 11:36 AM
mchartier.bsky.social
#Egyptology

Book of the Dead of Taysnakht, daughter of Taymes

Taysnakht, dressed in a white tunic, worships Osiris, who is mummiform, falcon-headed, and wears the atef crown. The god is hugged by the goddess Imentet, personification of the West.
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November 10, 2023 at 8:05 AM
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amentenofre
behind Him, two other mummiform Deities (the one at right is vulture-headed).
From Uaset-Thebes, dated to the Third Intermediate Period, late 21st Dynasty (ca. 1070-945 BCE) to early 22nd Dynasty (ca. 945-712 BCE).
Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art...
April 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
bmegyptian.bsky.social
Figure of Osiris https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/5720
Bronze figure of Osiris with separate inscribed base. Standing mummiform figure, hands grasping hook and flail. Crown of Upper Egypt flanked with feathers. Uraeus on crown. Condition: Workmanship good. Cast solid.
July 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Ushabti of Nesi-Kedwet https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116905
Faience ushabti of the Superintendent of the Double treasury, Nesi-kedwet. Mummiform, with tools. Undetailed wig cover and beard. Two columns of inscription on lower body. Stands on plinth. Condition: Brown-green glaze on front of figure, fairly well preserved. Glaze worn to brown matter surface on back. Intact.
February 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
talestwolands.bsky.social
The Brooklyn Museum has two of these very fine shabti figures, made for a woman called Sati who appears to’ve been nobody special according to her titles (just Mistress of the House) but clearly possessed of great wealth given the quality of the shabtis. 🧵1/6
A photograph of an ancient Egyptian figurine called a shabti. It represents a person standing upright, in what is known as a mummiform pose. The feet, legs and torso are shown as if they are tightly wrapped and the arms are outside the wrappings crossed at the wrists over the chest. The bulk of the figure is coloured white (representing the cloth the figure is wrapped in), the hands and face are yellow in colour. The figure wears a wig that is tucked behind the ears and extends to the middle of the chest, this wig is striped blue & white. There is a multicoloured broad collar necklace depicted around the shoulders & chest. The hands each hold a tool (one flail, one hoe) and a basket (yellow & blue striped and hanging beneath the hand). The lower torso & legs are covered with a hieroglyphic text in dark blue.
November 22, 2024 at 2:42 PM
cvz.bsky.social
I’ll show you an older section. Here’s an Egyptian tomb, mourners outside, a man climbing the tomb shaft (ca. 1200–1000 BCE), ostracon in the Manchester Museum (Acc. no. 5886): egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Ostracon (limestone flake), ca. 16 cm, with sketch in black ink: a scene at a tomb which is shown in section. At the top of the shaft five figures, four mourning women and one male priest. A man is climbing the tomb shaft. In one burial chamber there are two mummiform coffins. Dated to the Ramesside Period or Third Intermediate Period.
October 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
kafkaesque2024.bsky.social
Ancient Egyptians believed #cats were magical creatures that brought good luck. The wealthy dressed them in jewels & fed them treats fit for royalty.

When the cats died, they were #mummified, like the statue 👇, & their owners shaved off their eyebrows as official mourning. #History #Art #Caturday
From the Brooklyn Museum, a description of the statue and its secret contents: "The lion head, uraeus, and remains of a now missing sun disk of this goddess identify her as one of the daughters of the sun god. However, her unusual crouching pose, with both knees drawn up, and mummiform legs also connect her with Netherworld entities and guardian demons. The statuette originally contained a cat mummy, the two together likely serving as a votive offering to a feline goddess' "Seated Wadjet. From Egypt. Late Period, Dynasty 26 to Dynasty 31, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 20 1⁄2 x 4 7⁄8 x 9 1⁄2 in. (52.1 × 12.4 × 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund," This facsimile painting copies a scene in the tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1) in Deir el-Medina of western Thebes. The cat killing the serpent is associated with Chapter 17 in the Book of the Dead.
September 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
bmegyptian.bsky.social
Shabty of the Chantress of Amon, Ainmose https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116871
Hand formed and sun-dried Nile mud ushabti of the Chantress of Amon, Ainmose. Covered with white slip; details in black. In mummiform with hoes and sack. One column of inscription. For inscription see 37.156E. Condition: Poor condition. The Figure has been broken in two and repaired. Paint largely gone; inscription obliterated. Round hole at left temple. One of a group 37.156E - 37.161E.
December 10, 2024 at 2:50 PM
chapps.bsky.social
But by adjusting the copper colorants and even cobalt, the Egyptians could make blue, blue-green, yellow, et al. They could also make colorless faience but add a colored faience glaze on top, enabling multiple colors on an object. ALT text on each image below gives more info.
Egyptian broad collar, with rows of different-colored faience beads - white, red, yellow, blue, green, with a 'cap' of a different color on each bead. Egyptian, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353-1336 BCE. Met Museum (40.2.5) Multicolored faience shabti of Sati. Shabtis are small, often mummiform (mummy-shaped), funerary figurines placed in ancient Egyptian tombs to serve as magical servants for the deceased in the afterlife. They were intended to perform manual labor, such as agricultural work in the "Field of Reeds," on behalf of their owner. This one has a wrapped torso in a buff color, with black hieroglyphs (a portion of the Book of the Dead) written on around the lower torso. He carries yellow farming implements and baskets, and wears a broad collar of blue, white, red, and yellow beads. He wears a striped nemes headcloth, and his face is brown with blushing cheeks, red lips and black eyebrows and kohl-lined eyes. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amunhotep III, ca. 1390-1352 BCE, reportedly from Saqqara. Brooklyn Museum, New York (37.123E) The artistry of this figure speaks of the devotion to this great Egyptian goddess Isis cradling her naked son, Horus, on her lap - powerful symbols of rebirth. The combination of pale blue faience and dark blue detailing, and the swelling and liquid forms are characteristic of the Ptolemaic Period. Isis wears the hieroglyphic symbol for a throne on her head, which may represent the sound of part of her name, but also might represent her as a personification of thrones. Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE), faience. Met Museum, New York (55.121.5)
March 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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amentenofre

In the photo,
detail from the coffin (sycamore fig) of NesyKhonsu, "musician of Amon-Ra" and "singer of the choir of Mut":
a 'sem'-priest, wearing the traditional leopard skin, offering a cloth to Anubis represented jackal-headed and mummiform;
April 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
bmegyptian.bsky.social
Uninscribed Ushabti https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116942
Two minute blue faience ushabtis. Seemingly mummiform, hands crossed, no beard and no facial modelling. Condition: The workmanship is very crude with little detailing. The color, once blue-green, is now faded with pitting.
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM