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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR HORMAAKHERU
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR HORMAAKHERU
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig, the arms crossed on the chest holding two hoes and seed bag over left shoulder, with eight lines of hieroglyphs from Chapter VI of the Book of the Dead for the Hereditary court and nobleman, Sealbearer, Royal Scribe [...] Hormaakheru, begotten of Merneith
7 7/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig, the arms crossed on the chest holding two hoes and seed bag over left shoulder, with eight lines of hieroglyphs from Chapter VI of the Book of the Dead for the Hereditary court and nobleman, Sealbearer, Royal Scribe [...] Hormaakheru, begotten of Merneith
7 7/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Belgium, 1900s; thence by descent.
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