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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DANIEL SMITH
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR NES-AMUN
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1069-664 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR NES-AMUN
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1069-664 B.C.
Blue in color with details in black, depicted mummiform with the arms crossing at the chest, a hoe in each fisted hand, wearing a striated tripartite wig, a small basket on the back, with columns of hieroglyphs, reading: "Instructions of the Osiris Nes-Amun (?), son of Mut-beneret (?), Justified (?): O ye Shabti"
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1069-664 B.C.
Blue in color with details in black, depicted mummiform with the arms crossing at the chest, a hoe in each fisted hand, wearing a striated tripartite wig, a small basket on the back, with columns of hieroglyphs, reading: "Instructions of the Osiris Nes-Amun (?), son of Mut-beneret (?), Justified (?): O ye Shabti"
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Reportedly with Drouot, Paris, 1960s.
with The Beard Galleries, Minneapolis.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1978.
with The Beard Galleries, Minneapolis.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1978.