A FAIENCE SHABTI OF HEKAEMSAEF
A FAIENCE SHABTI OF HEKAEMSAEF

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A FAIENCE SHABTI OF HEKAEMSAEF
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.

Depicted mummiform, wearing a tri-partitie wig and a long braided beard, inscribed with a single column of hieroglyphs on the backpillar identifying the owner as Hekaemsaef, overseer of the royal fleet who served under Pharaoh Amasis; together with a turquoise blue faience bust of the goddess Isis, and a small faience head of a bearded man
7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) high for the shabti (3)