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LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR HENEB-HENEB
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing striated tripartite wig and false beard, his arms across his chest, holding a flail and hoe, a seed bag hanging over left shoulder, with ten horizontal lines of text, for the Priest Heneb-Heneb son of Wadjet-Hery-Ib
8 ¼ in. (20.8 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing striated tripartite wig and false beard, his arms across his chest, holding a flail and hoe, a seed bag hanging over left shoulder, with ten horizontal lines of text, for the Priest Heneb-Heneb son of Wadjet-Hery-Ib
8 ¼ in. (20.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10-11 December 1984, lot 166.
with J. Uzan, Paris.
R. Liechti (1934-2010) collection, Geneva, Switzerland.
with J. Uzan, Paris.
R. Liechti (1934-2010) collection, Geneva, Switzerland.
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