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Lot Essay
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Kokusai Bijutsu, Ltd., 3rd Exhibition Catalogue, Tokyo, 1975, no. 4, illus.
Pinudjem II was the ruler of Upper Egypt and High Priest of Amun at Thebes between 990-969 B.C. He was the son of Menkheperre and succeeded his brother Smendes II. He first married his sister Istemkhebi, who gave him three children, and then his niece Nesikhonsu, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.
Following a period of destabilisation at the end of the New Kingdom, Upper and Lower Egypt became independent and Upper Egypt was ruled by the High Priests of Amun throughout the Third Intermediate Period. Several other examples of shabtis for Pinudjem II can be seen in museums and collections around the world. For an extensive list, cf. G. Janes, Shabtis. A Private View, Paris, 2002, pp. 78-81, no. 38. For a shabti of his sister and wife Istemkhebi see lot 42 in this sale.
Kokusai Bijutsu, Ltd., 3rd Exhibition Catalogue, Tokyo, 1975, no. 4, illus.
Pinudjem II was the ruler of Upper Egypt and High Priest of Amun at Thebes between 990-969 B.C. He was the son of Menkheperre and succeeded his brother Smendes II. He first married his sister Istemkhebi, who gave him three children, and then his niece Nesikhonsu, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.
Following a period of destabilisation at the end of the New Kingdom, Upper and Lower Egypt became independent and Upper Egypt was ruled by the High Priests of Amun throughout the Third Intermediate Period. Several other examples of shabtis for Pinudjem II can be seen in museums and collections around the world. For an extensive list, cf. G. Janes, Shabtis. A Private View, Paris, 2002, pp. 78-81, no. 38. For a shabti of his sister and wife Istemkhebi see lot 42 in this sale.