shabti

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 262 words | Copyright

shabti each of a set of wooden, stone, or faience figurines, in the form of mummies, placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to do any work that the dead person might be called upon to do in the afterlife. They were often 365 in number, one for each day of the year.

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