Lot Essay
The Late Period shabti not illustrated.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXII, 945-712 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXII, 945-712 B.C.
Pale green in color, depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, holding agricultural implements in each hand and wearing a tripartite wig, inscribed with a single column of hieroglyphs reading "The Osiris, King Beloved-of-Amun;" together with a Late Period shabti, Dynasty XXIX, Reign of Hakoris, 393-380 B.C., preserving the upper portion, with a back pillar and a plaited false beard, inscribed with four partially-preserved lines of hieroglyphs including the cartouche for Hakoris
5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm.) high (2)
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXII, 945-712 B.C.
Pale green in color, depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, holding agricultural implements in each hand and wearing a tripartite wig, inscribed with a single column of hieroglyphs reading "The Osiris, King Beloved-of-Amun;" together with a Late Period shabti, Dynasty XXIX, Reign of Hakoris, 393-380 B.C., preserving the upper portion, with a back pillar and a plaited false beard, inscribed with four partially-preserved lines of hieroglyphs including the cartouche for Hakoris
5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Gift of Frank J. and Victoria K. Fertita, 1980.
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