NEW KINGDOM, LATE 18TH-19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1391-1196 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN WOOD SHABTI FOR TAY-SEN-NOFRET
NEW KINGDOM, LATE 18TH-19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1391-1196 B.C.
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Robert Liecthi (1934-2010), Geneva, 1980.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2014, lot 28.

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Lot Essay

Depicted mummiform with seven rows of hieroglyphs on the body, reading: "Instructions of the Osiris, Justified, Tay-sen-nofret, He [sic] says;" and continuing with a form of the standard shabti text from Chapter 6 of The Book of the Dead.

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