Lot Essay
Cf. Aubert, Op. cit., p. 220, pl. 57, no. 138 for the type, from Tomb 102 at Giza, discovered in the 19th Century.
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A TURQUOISE-GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR THE CHIEF SCRIBE AND CHIEF ROYAL HERALD, UDJAHOR
DYNASTY XXVI, FIRST HALF 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Bearing ten lines of Chapter VI from the Book of the Dead, mounted
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high
DYNASTY XXVI, FIRST HALF 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Bearing ten lines of Chapter VI from the Book of the Dead, mounted
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high