A large turquoise glazed composition shabti, for 'army officer Ankh-wah-ib-(ra) son of Hor..., son of army officer...', with nine horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text, including text from Chapter VI of the Book of the Dead, wearing striated tripartite wig and plaited beard, holding pick and hoe and with seed basket over left shoulder, back pillar, standing on integral base, mounted -- 7in. (17.7cm.) high, Dynasty XXX (380-343 B.C.)

A large turquoise glazed composition shabti, for 'army officer Ankh-wah-ib-(ra) son of Hor..., son of army officer...', with nine horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text, including text from Chapter VI of the Book of the Dead, wearing striated tripartite wig and plaited beard, holding pick and hoe and with seed basket over left shoulder, back pillar, standing on integral base, mounted -- 7in. (17.7cm.) high, Dynasty XXX (380-343 B.C.)

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A large turquoise glazed composition shabti, for 'army officer Ankh-wah-ib-(ra) son of Hor..., son of army officer...', with nine horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text, including text from Chapter VI of the Book of the Dead, wearing striated tripartite wig and plaited beard, holding pick and hoe and with seed basket over left shoulder, back pillar, standing on integral base, mounted -- 7in. (17.7cm.) high, Dynasty XXX (380-343 B.C.)
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