NEW KINGDOM, LATE DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1388-1292 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SHABTI FOR TAKA
NEW KINGDOM, LATE DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1388-1292 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, the arms crossing the chest, the fisted hands emerging from within the vestment, holding a hoe and seed-bag hanging from a yoke, wearing a tripartite wig, the long face with bulging eyes and large ears, the body inscribed with seven rows of hieroglyphs for Taka followed by the standard text from Chapter 6 of The Book of the Dead, preserving pigment throughout including red for the body and face, black for the wig, yellow for the collar and black for the inscription
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high

来源

with Galerie Orient-Occident, Paris, 1978.
Roger Liechti collection, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Taka was the wife of Amenmes, and the couple is known from a painted limestone statue now in the Egyptian Museum, Turin, accession no. 3059 RCGE 5551. Both this shabti and the pair statue present characteristics - the modelling of the ears for example - which suggest a dating to the reign of Amenthotep III onwards.