Lot 72
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THREE BRONZE SHABTI FIGURES, each wearing tripartite wig and holding implements, comprising two royal shabtis (one an overseer with flaring kilt) for King Psusennes I, son of Pinedjem I and Queen Henuttawy, with central column of hieroglyphs reading: "The Osiris the king Psusennes beloved of Amun", 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high av.; and another bronze shabti for General Un-djebau-en-djed, a high official under King Psusennes I, with an inscribed central column reading: "Officer, overseer of the temple of Khonsu", 3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) high, all Dynasty XXI, 1040-992 B.C., from the Royal Necropolis at Tanis (3)

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THREE BRONZE SHABTI FIGURES, each wearing tripartite wig and holding implements, comprising two royal shabtis (one an overseer with flaring kilt) for King Psusennes I, son of Pinedjem I and Queen Henuttawy, with central column of hieroglyphs reading: "The Osiris the king Psusennes beloved of Amun", 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high av.; and another bronze shabti for General Un-djebau-en-djed, a high official under King Psusennes I, with an inscribed central column reading: "Officer, overseer of the temple of Khonsu", 3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) high, all Dynasty XXI, 1040-992 B.C., from the Royal Necropolis at Tanis (3)

Lot Essay

Cf. H. D. Schneider, Shabtis, Rijkmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, 1977, II, pp. 151-152, nos. 4.7.0.1-18 for King Psusennes I and pp. 152-153, nos. 4.1.1.1-7 for General Un-djebau-en-djed; Aubert, op. cit., pp. 153ff., pls. 32-33, nos. 71-74 for King Psusennes I and pl. 37, nos. 85-88 for General Un-djebau-en-djed

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