WHITE FAIENCE USHABTI FOR THE KING’S SON RAMSESSES

WHITE FAIENCE USHABTI FOR THE KING’S SON RAMSESSES

Mummiform, both hands holding a hoe in relief, and his head in brown faience, his short wig with sidelock, collar of strings and beads, and a vertical column with hieroglyphs in black faience: ‘… fan-bearer at the right hand side of the king, chief bowman, king’s scribe, overseer of the army and fleet (or ‘of foreign lands’)..’. Could have been the second son of Ramse II, or himself when he was prince under his father SetI I.

Ex priv. coll. L. Benguerel y Godó, Spain; acq. London 1960s; thereafter German coll.H.P.; since 2014, Alexander Ancient Art, Netherlands.
H. 14,5 cm. Intact. Excellent condition.

New Kingdom, 19th Dyn., c. 1304 – 1237 BC

Note: the wig with sidelock identifies him as a sem priest, a title usually worn by the high priest of Ptah
Ramses II had more than 100 children from multiple wives