A carved wooden statue of Hekaf

Description:

Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1300 BC
H. 19,5 cm (28,7 cm m.S.)
Wood. The ushabti depicts the deceased in the form of a mummy, wearing a three-part wig on his head. He holds two hoes in his hands. The seven-line inscription contains Text 6 from the Book of the Dead, which obliges the ushabti to work in the afterlife.
Southern German private collection, purchased on 12 October 2005, presumably at the art fair in München from Jean-David Cahn, Basel, for 7,800 euros, with a label certifying authenticity on the reverse by Henry Hall (1878-1930), Keeper of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum (until 1930); a copy of the invoice has been received.