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Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re
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LOT 0465

Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re

LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.

2 7/8 in. (16.4 grams total, 72 mm each).

Two mummiform shabtis from the same mould, wearing a lappet wig and false beard, and holding a pick, hoe, and miniscule seed bag; inscribed with a column of hieroglyphic text on the front repeating the opening dedication "The illuminated one, the Osiris" ( sḥḏ wsỉr), and another on the dorsal pillar giving the name of the deceased, possibly to be read as Ha-bener-Re (ḥꜢ-bnr-rꜤ), a Ka-priest (ḥm-kꜢ). [2]

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 0465

Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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