A LATE PERIOD TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI
A LATE PERIOD TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI

DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.

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A LATE PERIOD TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI
dynasty xxvi, 664-525 b.c.
Depicted mummiform, holding a pick, hoe, and seed-sack, wearing a false beard curled at the tip, and a smooth tripartite wig, with eight horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text, on an integral base attached to a back pillar
7 in. (19 cm.) high