Lot Essay
For a similar shabti in the Metropolitan Museum of Art inscribed for the Pharoah Si-Ptah see p. 357, no. 223, in Hayes, The Sceptor of Egypt, volume II.
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DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
Details
A NEW KINGDOM ALABASTER SHABTI
dynasty xix-xx, 1307-1070 b.c.
Perhaps for Si-Ptah, depicted mummiform, wearing a nemes-headdress fronted by a uraeus, the hands clenched and crossed over the breast, with black-painted details for the face and the now-illegible hieroglyphic text below
7¾ in. (19.7 cm) high
dynasty xix-xx, 1307-1070 b.c.
Perhaps for Si-Ptah, depicted mummiform, wearing a nemes-headdress fronted by a uraeus, the hands clenched and crossed over the breast, with black-painted details for the face and the now-illegible hieroglyphic text below
7¾ in. (19.7 cm) high
Provenance
European Private Collection
German Private Collection
German Private Collection