THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1069-664 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE SHABTI FOR THE SCRIBE PRIEST OF MUT, NESPERNUB
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1069-664 B.C.
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

Provenance

Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Cache II.
Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired prior to 1982.

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Lot Essay

The inscription reads 'O shabti say I will act to irrigate (on behalf of) the scribe, the priest of Mut, Nespernub'. For an identical shabti in the Louvre, see, L. Aubert, Les statuettes funéraires de la deuxième cachette à Deir El-Bahari, Paris, 1998, p. 76, no. 24.

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