A BRIGHT BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR THE PRIEST OF AMUN, AMENEMOPE, with details in darker glaze, holding two hoes and a seed basket at the back, with striated wig and a single vertical coluumn of inscription at the front reading: "The Osiris, the god's father Amenemope justified", mounted, Dynasty XXI (1070-945 B.C.), from Deir el Bahri cache

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A BRIGHT BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR THE PRIEST OF AMUN, AMENEMOPE, with details in darker glaze, holding two hoes and a seed basket at the back, with striated wig and a single vertical coluumn of inscription at the front reading: "The Osiris, the god's father Amenemope justified", mounted, Dynasty XXI (1070-945 B.C.), from Deir el Bahri cache
4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) high

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Cf. Schneider, op. cit., p. 121, no. 4.3.1.4; Aubert, op. cit., p. 175

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