A blue glazed composition shabti for Nith-em-ha born of Tak-bast-net, standing with arms crossed, carrying pick and hoe, single column of inscription down the back pillar, mounted -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, Dynasty XXVI (664-525 B.C.); a bronze figure of a uraeus, wearing sun disc between cow's horns, the upper body with traces of inlay at either side of central vertebrae, tail missing, mounted -- 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high, Late Period (712-332 B.C.); a green feldspar amulet of a squatting frog, with cross-hatching down spine, pierced between front feet -- 2cm. high, 3rd millennium B.C.; an Amarna glazed composition date palm leaf bead, green with blue loop at either end -- 1in. (2.5cm.) long, Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.); a turquoise glazed cat amulet; and an amethyst hemispherical stamp seal, with a horseman, reputedly from Alexandria -- 2cm. high and 1.8cm. diam. respectively

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A blue glazed composition shabti for Nith-em-ha born of Tak-bast-net, standing with arms crossed, carrying pick and hoe, single column of inscription down the back pillar, mounted -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, Dynasty XXVI (664-525 B.C.); a bronze figure of a uraeus, wearing sun disc between cow's horns, the upper body with traces of inlay at either side of central vertebrae, tail missing, mounted -- 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high, Late Period (712-332 B.C.); a green feldspar amulet of a squatting frog, with cross-hatching down spine, pierced between front feet -- 2cm. high, 3rd millennium B.C.; an Amarna glazed composition date palm leaf bead, green with blue loop at either end -- 1in. (2.5cm.) long, Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.); a turquoise glazed cat amulet; and an amethyst hemispherical stamp seal, with a horseman, reputedly from Alexandria -- 2cm. high and 1.8cm. diam. respectively
See Colour Plate 2 for items one, two and four (6)
Provenance
Item one: bought by Edward Towry Whyte in 1917 at Sotheby's for 10/-
Item two: with handwritten ink label and collection number, written on base 'Tel Basta, H. Price 1881'

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