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A BRIGHT BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR THE SUPERIOR OF THE HAREM OF AMUN, NESIKHONSU, with details in darker glaze, carrying agricultural implements and a seed basket, wearing striated tripartite wig and bearing six horizontal lines of inscription, repaired, Dynasty XXI (1070-945 B.C.)
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high
Provenance
Deir el Bahri cache I, Thebes
Nesikhonsu was the first wife of the High Priest of Thebes, Pinudjem II. Cf. J.-F. and L. Aubert, Statuettes Egyptiennes, Paris, 1974, pp. 143 ff.; and H. D. Schneider, Shabtis, II, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 1977, no. 4.3.0.6, pp. 118-119
Nesikhonsu was the first wife of the High Priest of Thebes, Pinudjem II. Cf. J.-F. and L. Aubert, Statuettes Egyptiennes, Paris, 1974, pp. 143 ff.; and H. D. Schneider, Shabtis, II, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 1977, no. 4.3.0.6, pp. 118-119