DYNASTY XXX, REIGN OF NECTANEBO II, CIRCA 360-343 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI OF TCHAHORPATA
DYNASTY XXX, REIGN OF NECTANEBO II, CIRCA 360-343 B.C.
Carrying hoe, mattock and seed-bag, wearing a tripartite wig and a plaited beard, inscribed with a single column of text identifying the owner as "The one who knows what exists, Prophet, Tchahorpata, born of Tefnut, true of voice", 6¾ in. (17.3 cm) high; a turquoise glazed composition shabti, inscribed with a single column of hieroglyphs identifying the owner as "the Keeper of the Linenstore, Horemheb born of Heret", Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C., 4¾ in. (11.8 cm) high; another similar shabti, with back pillar and tripartite wig, 3¾ in. (9.7 cm.) high; a twin-falcon glazed composition amulet representing the souls of Ra and Osiris, ¾ in. (2 cm.) high; and a turquoise glazed composition amulet of Sekhmet, standing, inscribed back pillar, 1¼ in. (3.4 cm.) high, all mounted, all Ptolemaic Period, circa 300-30 B.C. (5)

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Dr. J. J. Acworth (1853-1927), who visited Egypt in the late 19th Century, and thence by descent to the present owner (see lots 14-19).

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Lot Essay

Item one: for a similar shabti with the same unusual initial sign, cf. A. R. David, The Macclesfield Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, Macclesfield Museum, 1980, D4, acquired during the 19th Century.
Tchahorpata, Prince and Prophet, High Priest of Bastet, Isis and Nephthys at Hermonthis, and other titles, was one of the most important officials under Nectanebo II (360-343 B.C.). His tomb at Saqqara was discovered in the 19th Century. Cf. J-F. and L. Aubert, Statuettes égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, pp. 247-248.

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