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LOT 0495
Egyptian Faience Shabti Figure with Hieroglyphic Inscription
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 in. (120 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand).
Olive-green faience with false beard, tripartite wig, holding a pick, hoe and seed bag; plain dorsal pillar; hieroglyphic inscription down the lower front of the body: (ỉ)mꜢḫ n wsỉr ḫtm-nṯr ḏd-ḫỉỉ ms (n) hr-ỉb for 'Honoured of Osiris, the God's Sealer Djed-khy(?) born (to) Her-ib'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Schlögl, H., and Brodbeck, A., Ägyptische Totenfiguren aus öffentlichen und privaten sammlungen der Schweiz, Göttingen, 1990, p.308 no.219, for a similar shabti for Djed-khy(?)'s mother Her-ib.
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LOT 0495
Egyptian Faience Shabti Figure with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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