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PROPERTY FROM THE PLAISANT JOZEF NESTOR COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR ANKH-EM-TA
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR ANKH-EM-TA
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Blue in color, depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, holding a hoe in each hand, with a seedbag slung over the left shoulder, wearing a striated tripartite wig and a curved, plaited, divine-beard, with nine lines of hieroglyphic text around the body for Ankh-em-ta
8 5/8 in. (20 cm) high
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Blue in color, depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, holding a hoe in each hand, with a seedbag slung over the left shoulder, wearing a striated tripartite wig and a curved, plaited, divine-beard, with nine lines of hieroglyphic text around the body for Ankh-em-ta
8 5/8 in. (20 cm) high
Provenance
Harmakhis, Brussels