NEW KINGDOM, RAMESSIDE PERIOD, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1069 B.C.

Enveloped in a tight shroud-like garment, his arms crossed over the chest, the present shabti presents the interesting feature of having rich yellow bands across his lower body, suggesting the bandages wrapped around a mummy. The tradition of representing bandages on shabtis can be found already in the 18th Dynasty (cf. a shabti for Renseneb at the British Museum, inv. no. EA57342, where yellow bands are used as a divider between rows of hieroglyphs). In the Ramesside Period stylised bandages can be found on painted wood shabtis, although usually drawn in irregular red lines. The black painted tripartite wig framing the naturally depicted face, and the broad collar are known for the type (cf. British Museum inv. no. EA30804).
A pigment analysis report from Oxford Materials Characterisation Service and a radiocarbon dating test from Oxford Research Laboratory for Archaeology accompany this lot.