AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI FOR NESBANEBDJED

LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXX, CIRCA 380-343 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI FOR NESBANEBDJED
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXX, CIRCA 380-343 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, his arms crossed on his chest holding a pick and hoe, a seed-bag over his left shoulder, with a hieroglyphic inscription, reading, 'Illuminate the Osiris, the Imy-Khent Priest, the One who separates the two gods, Prophet of Osiris in Anpet, overseer of wab-priests of Sekhmet in Mendes, the Prophet of the Ram Lord of Mendes, Nesbanebdjed, born the Shentyt'
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Belgium, 1900s; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

The tomb of Nesbanebdjed was found in 1902 in Tell el-Ruba in the Eastern Delta, the ancient city of Mendes. A similar shabti is in the British Museum (accession no. 1919,1008.1). For the asymmetry of the eyes cf. J.-F. and L. Aubert, Statuettes égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, pp. 255-6, pl. 155-6.

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