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Pharaoh-era figurine
Answer for the clue "Pharaoh-era figurine ", 7 letters:
ushabti
Word definitions for ushabti in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. In ancient Egypt, a figurine of a dead person, placed in their tomb to do their work for them in the afterlife.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti , with a number of variant spellings, Ancient Egyptian plural: ushabtiu ) was a funerary figurine used in Ancient Egypt . Ushabtis were placed in tombs among the grave goods and were intended to act as servants ...
Usage examples of ushabti.
The Master had gone into a fit of rage, drooling and gabbling helplessly, and so one of the wax ushabti statues twitched and began working its jaws.
For several moments Master and ushabti gibbered together, then the Master regained control of himself and the statue fell silent.
The Master had fallen into a fit of incoherent rage at this point, and had had to speak through one of the wax ushabti figures in the pen on the bottom of the sphere.
They had met him in the huge chamber in which he lived, alone except for his ushabtis, four life-size wax statues of men.
Pots of baked clay, scraps of wood from furniture and coffins, alabaster jars, ushabtis, and dozens of other items overflowed the packing cases onto tables and desk.
As he lifted vases and ushabtis from their packing crates, he marveled, as he always did, at the craftsmanship.