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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN PALE BLUE FAIENCE SHABTI FOR HORMES
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, the arms crossed on chest holding a hoe and pick, and seed bag over proper left shoulder, with single column of hieroglyphs, reading, 'Illuminate the Osiris, the Prophet Hormes, born to Nebwedjat, True of voice'
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, the arms crossed on chest holding a hoe and pick, and seed bag over proper left shoulder, with single column of hieroglyphs, reading, 'Illuminate the Osiris, the Prophet Hormes, born to Nebwedjat, True of voice'
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Belgium, 1900s; thence by descent.
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