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LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Inscribed with seven lines from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead; another similar with nine lines; three uninscribed, all circa 6th-2nd Century B.C., 18.5 cm. high max.; and three other shabtis, each with frontal inscription, mounted, Dynasty XXI/XXII, circa 9th-8th Century B.C., 10.9 cm. high max. (8)
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Inscribed with seven lines from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead; another similar with nine lines; three uninscribed, all circa 6th-2nd Century B.C., 18.5 cm. high max.; and three other shabtis, each with frontal inscription, mounted, Dynasty XXI/XXII, circa 9th-8th Century B.C., 10.9 cm. high max. (8)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
Exhibited
(1): Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Bezeten Bezit, Keuzetentoonstelling uit de verzameling van Mevrouw Elias-Vaes te Rotterdam, exhibition catalogue, 18 April - 1 August 1970, no. 662.
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