I’m a curatorial assistant in the Antiquities Department of the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. My research focuses on the history of the Getty’s collection and on documenting the 20th century art market for antiquities.
Part of the inscription on this ushabti says: “If there is any work to be done there in the Divine Hereafter, or if there is an obstacle there, you say as a man in his duty, ‘Look, I am here!”
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