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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
Apple-green in color, depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, holding a hoe in each hand, with a seed basket over the left shoulder, wearing a striated wig and false beard, with nine lines of hieroglyphic text in sunk relief containing the Shabti Spell for "The Inspector, the Osiris, Wah-ib-re-sa-neith, son of Shep-en-bastet"
7½ in. (19.1 cm) high
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
Apple-green in color, depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, holding a hoe in each hand, with a seed basket over the left shoulder, wearing a striated wig and false beard, with nine lines of hieroglyphic text in sunk relief containing the Shabti Spell for "The Inspector, the Osiris, Wah-ib-re-sa-neith, son of Shep-en-bastet"
7½ in. (19.1 cm) high