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LOT 0006
Egyptian Wooden Tomb Servant
MIDDLE KINGDOM, LATE 11TH-EARLY 12TH DYNASTY, 2010-1961 B.C.
9 in. (140 grams, 23 cm high).
Carved in the round with separate articulated arms, painted facial details and wearing a short linen kilt; slightly bent posture, feet pegged to a rectangular base; wooden implement for beating flax in the left hand.
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Ex UK collection.
Ex Ancient Art, London N14, UK.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.
Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.
See Taylor, J.H., Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, London, 2001, for discussion of the tomb figurines.
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Opening Bid: £3,500
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Opening Bid: £1,500
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One of the most prominent of the ancient Egyptian gods, Thoth was associated with writing, magic and wisdom, and was credited with founding a number of branches of knowledge including law, religion and science. He is believed to have been self-created or grown from the seed of Horus from the forehead of Set. As the son of the gods of order and chaos, he was also the god of equilibrium. As such, he was considered a just and infallible judge. Worshipped from the Pre-Dynastic to the Ptolemaic periods, Thoth was one of the longest, continuously worshipped gods from any civilisation. Thoth's Egyptian name was Djehuty (also dhwty) meaning ‘He Who is Like the Ibis’, a sacred bird in ancient Egypt as well as a popular pet associated with wisdom. -
Egyptian Bronze Figure of Isis and Horus
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Amuletic pendant of seated Isis, wearing a cow's horn headdress with a solar disc, suckling the infant Horus with sidelock of youth, resting on her lap; mounted on a custom-made throne-shaped stand. 30.8 grams total, 65 mm high including stand
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