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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE-BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI OF THE DIVINE ADORATRICE HENUTAUI

DYNASTY XXI, CIRCA 940 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE-BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI OF THE DIVINE ADORATRICE HENUTAUI
DYNASTY XXI, CIRCA 940 B.C.
Her title and name contained within a cartouche, bearing six lines of text from Chapter 6 of the 'Book of the Dead', carrying seed basket on back, details in black
6 in. (15.4 cm.)

Provenance

Probably from the 1845 cache in the Ramesseum, Thebes.

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Lot Essay

Henutaui, daughter of Pinudjem II and Isetemkhebi, successor of Maatkare, was a princess in the royal family at Thebes, and held the highest position a woman could hold in the Temple of Amun at Karnak; cf. J-F. Aubert, Statuettes Égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, p. 165, pl. 31, nos. 68-69, for similar shabtis in the Michaelides and other collections.

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