Answer:
Shabti were made from wood, stone, and faience.
Shabti have hieroglyphics instructing them to do farm chores for spirits of the dead.
Models of people doing daily activities ensured the spirits of the dead had what they needed.
Explanation:
1) Shabti were made from different materials like wax, clay, wood, stone, and some rare materials that came later( glass and bronze ).
They were inscribed with a magical formula, that would according to the belief, activate their power.
Shabti have hieroglyphics instructing them to do farm chores for spirits of the dead.
2)The Shabti were dolls that accompanied the dead in their journey into the afterlife. The funerary figures are called <em>Shawbti </em>or <em>Ushabti</em>, since this word means "The Answerers". They served as companions and providers while dead would made a transition into the afterlife.
Models of people doing daily activities ensured the spirits of the dead had what they needed.
3)As it was believed, the shabti would remind the deceased, how people were in this early life , and they would seek for any needs and troubles the dead would find as Egyptians believed that there was a second life coming after death. The doings of this early realm would somehow impact in the other life, according to their beliefs.
Shabti would protect and guide them anytime.
