AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI

AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, holding agricultural implements with a seed basket thrown over the left shoulder, on an integral base, inscribed with nine lines of hieroglyphs for "the prophet of Neith, [named] Horwedja"
9½ in. (24.1 cm) high