shabti

shabti |ˈʃabti |(also ushabti ) ▶noun ( pl. shabtis ) 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. ORIGIN from Egyptian šbty, literally ‘answerer ’.

shabti

shabti |ˈʃabti |(also ushabti ) ▶noun ( pl. shabtis ) 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. ORIGIN from Egyptian šbty, literally ‘answerer ’.