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5th February 2014 > Egyptian Glazed Composition 'Priest of Amun' Hieroglyphic Shabti
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LOT 0555
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,210
EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION 'PRIEST OF AMUN' HIEROGLYPHIC SHABTI
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST DYNASTY, 1069-945 BC
4" (47 grams, 10 cm).
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST DYNASTY, 1069-945 BC
4" (47 grams, 10 cm).
A deep blue shabti with black detail to the tripartite wig, agricultural implements and seed bag, column of hieroglyphic text to the lower body has a plea to Osiris, God of the Dead, for the departed.
PROVENANCE:
Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1970.
FOOTNOTES:
Osiris was considered not only a merciful judge of the dead in the afterlife, but also the underworld agency that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile River.
