EGYPTIAN BROWN FAIENCE USHABTI OF MAHU New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A granite ushabti standing in mummiform with fused legs, holding farming implements for agricultural work in the afterlife. Several columns of hieroglyphs are inscribed on the legs. The face features small eyes, a prominent nose, and a small chin, all beneath the lappets of a tripartite wig. Size: 165mm x 55mm; Weight: 375g. Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the French market in the 1970s. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.