AN EGYPTIAN WOOD SHABTI
new kingdom, dynasty xix-xx, 1307-1070 b.c.
Stuccoed and painted, depicted mummiform, inscribed with six lines of hieroglyphic text with an additional column down the center of the spine at the rear for an official whose name is not preserved
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
European Private Collection
Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 3.1.1.35 in Schneider, Shabtis: An Introduction to the History of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Statuettes.
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