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NEW KINGDOM, LATE 18TH-19TH DYNASTY, 1391-1196 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN WOOD SHABTI FOR TAY-SEN-NOFRET
NEW KINGDOM, LATE 18TH-19TH DYNASTY, 1391-1196 B.C.
Depicted mummiform with the arms crossing her chest, the fisted hands holding agricultural implements and a horizontal rod supporting two baskets, wearing a striated tripartite wig, her round face well detailed, with seven rows of hieroglyphs on the body, reading: "Instructions of the Osiris, Justified, Tay-sen-nofret, He [sic] says;" and continuing with a form of the standard shabti text from Chapter 6 of The Book of the Dead; preserving traces of pigment within the wig striations and inscription
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, LATE 18TH-19TH DYNASTY, 1391-1196 B.C.
Depicted mummiform with the arms crossing her chest, the fisted hands holding agricultural implements and a horizontal rod supporting two baskets, wearing a striated tripartite wig, her round face well detailed, with seven rows of hieroglyphs on the body, reading: "Instructions of the Osiris, Justified, Tay-sen-nofret, He [sic] says;" and continuing with a form of the standard shabti text from Chapter 6 of The Book of the Dead; preserving traces of pigment within the wig striations and inscription
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Robert Liecthi (1934-2010), Geneva, 1980.
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