An Egyptian Alabaster Ushabti of King Siptah , 19th Dynasty, reign of Siptah, 1198-1193 B.C.

the king wearing the nemes-headcloth with uraeus, a column of text in front containing the name of the king and four lines of text around the body, the details and inscription painted in black.

Theodore Davis, discovered by him in 1912 in the Tomb of King Siptah (KV47) in the Valley of the Kings
American private collection, by descent
Antiquarium, Inc., New York, 1992

Good condition except for a restoration to outer part of the proper right eye, including the eyebrow and edge of the headdress extending back to above the ear. Nose chipped, uraeus worn, minor scratches and nicks, some wear to paint in areas.
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For another example see W.C. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt. A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cambridge, Mass., 1959, fig. 223; on p. 356 the author notes that "When cleared by Theodore Davis in 1912 the lower chamber of the king's tomb yielded a handsome cartouche-shaped sarcophagus of red granite and a considerable quantity of funerary and other objects which had belonged to Si-ptah himself, to Queen Te-Wosret, and to other members of the pharaoh's household. Most of the objects which Mr. Davis was allowed to retain in the division of the finds were presented by him to the Metropolitan Museum in 1913 or were acquired with his collection in 1930. Included in this most generous gift were eleven complete and numerous fragmentary shawabty-figures of the king, fragments of three royal sarcophagi and two canopic chests carved of alabaster, and two mud jar stoppers bearing the impression of royal seals."