shawabti

Japanese: shawabti
shawabti

…A mummy-shaped funerary statuette excavated from a tomb after the late Old Kingdom of Egypt. In ancient times, it was called shawabti. Its purpose was to act as a proxy for the forced labor imposed on people in the underworld, such as farm work, construction of irrigation channels, and transporting sand and gravel from east to west. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "shawabti" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…エジプト古王国後期以降の墳墓より出土する副葬用ミイラ形小像。古くはシャワブティshawabtiと呼ばれた。冥界において人に課せられる農耕作業,灌漑水路の整備,東より西への砂石運搬等の強制労働の代理人として働かせることが目的であった。…

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