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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR THE CHIEF OF THE HAREM OF AMUN, ISET-EM-KHEBIT

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI, 1069-945 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR THE CHIEF OF THE HAREM OF AMUN, ISET-EM-KHEBIT
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI, 1069-945 B.C.
Details in black glaze, carrying two hoes in her crossed arms, seed bag across her back, breasts visible below the lappets of her wig, bearing five lines of hieroglyphic inscription, mounted
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Thebes, Deir el-Bahri (Cache I).
Formerly in an English private collection. Old ink inscribed label underneath base.

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Lot Essay

Iset-em-khebit was the second wife of Pinedjem II, the High Priest of Amun, who ruled Upper Egypt from Thebes in Dynasty XXI.

Cf. J-F. Aubert, Statuettes Égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, pl. 30, no. 66; H. D. Schneider, Shabtis, II, Leiden, 1977, p. 116, no. 4.3.0.1; and G. Janes, Shabtis: a Private View, Paris, 2002, pp. 59-61, no. 29 for the type.

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