A blue glazed composition shabti for Ta-shed-khonsu, with details of wig, seed basket and hieroglyphs in darker glaze -- 4¾in. (12.1cm.) high, from the Deir-El-Bahri cache II; another, smaller -- 4in. (10.1cm.) high, both Dynasty XXI (1070-945 B.C.); a pottery shabti for "The god's father(?) of Amun, Horem-kheby, Djed-wsir(?)", with inscription in black ink -- 4¾in. (12.1cm.) high, 3rd Intermediate Period (1070-712 B.C.); a green glazed composition shabti for "the Osirid Wen...iry", with inscribed back pillar -- 3¾in. (9.4cm.) high; another similar, uninscribed -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; and another similar, repaired -- 3¾in. (9.4cm.) high, all Dynasty XXX-Ptolemaic, 4th-1st Century B.C.

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A blue glazed composition shabti for Ta-shed-khonsu, with details of wig, seed basket and hieroglyphs in darker glaze -- 4¾in. (12.1cm.) high, from the Deir-El-Bahri cache II; another, smaller -- 4in. (10.1cm.) high, both Dynasty XXI (1070-945 B.C.); a pottery shabti for "The god's father(?) of Amun, Horem-kheby, Djed-wsir(?)", with inscription in black ink -- 4¾in. (12.1cm.) high, 3rd Intermediate Period (1070-712 B.C.); a green glazed composition shabti for "the Osirid Wen...iry", with inscribed back pillar -- 3¾in. (9.4cm.) high; another similar, uninscribed -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; and another similar, repaired -- 3¾in. (9.4cm.) high, all Dynasty XXX-Ptolemaic, 4th-1st Century B.C.
See illustration for item five (6)

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