An Egyptian Bronze Ushabti of General Undjebauendjed, Majordomo of Khonsu , 21st Dynasty, reign of Psusennes I, 1045-994 B.C.

wearing a tripartite wig and engraved with a column of inscription in front.

discovered in 1939 by Egyptologist Pierre Montet in the antechamber of the Tomb of Psusennes I at Tanis
New York private collection, acquired in New York in the 1970s or earlier
Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, 1990

Generally good; the proper left eye area is obscured by corrosion, nose dented, the tenon underneath missing.
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For other examples see P. Montet, La nécropole royale de Tanis, vol. 2: Les constructions et le tombeau de Psousennès à Tanis, Paris, 1951, pl. IV, Tanis. L'or des Pharaons, Paris, 1987, nos. 15-16, and J.-F. and L. Aubert, Statuettes égyptiennes. Chaouabtis, ouchebtis., Paris, 1974, pl. 37, and H.D. Schneider, Shabtis, vol. II, Leiden, 1977, pp. 152-153, 4.7.1.1-7, illus.