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LOT 0022
Egyptian Shabti of Psamtek
LATE PERIOD, 27TH-30TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 525-343 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (41.8 grams, 96 mm high).
A pale green composition shabti standing on a rectangular base, the arms crossed over the chest, holding a pick and a hoe with a seed bag over the left shoulder, wearing a wig and false beard; two vertical columns of hieroglyphs to the dorsal pillar naming the Controller of the Estates, Psamtek.
ProvenanceFrom a Worcester deceased estate.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
Accompanied by an academic report by Paul Whelan.
Cf. Janes, G., The Shabti Collections 5: A Selection from the Manchester Museum, Lymm, 2012, 375, no.206; see Manchester Museum, accession number MM 10776, for another shabti for Psamtek.
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LOT 0022
Egyptian Shabti of Psamtek
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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