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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD K. AND BENEDICTE SMITH
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI FOR KER-TA
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1370-1070 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI FOR KER-TA
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX,
1370-1070 B.C.
Depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, wearing an unstriated tripartite wig and false beard, inscribed with ten lines of hieroglyphs for Ker-ta, a cavalry officer and commander of archers, including excerpts from Chapter VI of The Book of the Dead
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX,
1370-1070 B.C.
Depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, wearing an unstriated tripartite wig and false beard, inscribed with ten lines of hieroglyphs for Ker-ta, a cavalry officer and commander of archers, including excerpts from Chapter VI of The Book of the Dead
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1955, lot 103.