LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.

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THREE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTIS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
White in colour, depicted mummiform, wig and false beard in black, each with single column of hieroglyphs with the deceased's name, 'Pa-Di-Shahdede'
4 in. (10 cm.) high max. (3)

Provenance

with Coins and Antiquities Ltd, London, 15 July 1981.
European private collection.

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Lot Essay

The name Pa-di-Shahdede derives from the name of an obscure goddess, named Shahdede, probably of Libyan origin. For a discussion of this name cf. M. Thirion, Notes d'onomastique. Contribution une revision du Ranke PN, XV series, Revue d'Egyptologie 37, 1986, pp. 134-136.

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