AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI OF TCHAHORPATA
DYNASTY XXX, REIGN OF NECTANEBO II, CIRCA 360-343 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI OF TCHAHORPATA DYNASTY XXX, REIGN OF NECTANEBO II, CIRCA 360-343 B.C. Carrying hoe, mattock and seed-bag, wearing a tripartite wig and a plaited beard, inscribed with a single column of text identifying the owner as "The one who knows what exists, Prophet, Tchahorpata , born of Tefnut , true of voice", 6¾ in. (17.3 cm) high; a turquoise glazed composition shabti, inscribed with a single column of hieroglyphs identifying the owner as "the Keeper of the Linenstore, Horemheb born of Heret ", Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C., 4¾ in. (11.8 cm) high; another similar shabti, with back pillar and tripartite wig, 3¾ in. (9.7 cm.) high; a twin-falcon glazed composition amulet representing the souls of Ra and Osiris, ¾ in. (2 cm.) high; and a turquoise glazed composition amulet of Sekhmet, standing, inscribed back pillar, 1¼ in. (3.4 cm.) high, all mounted, all Ptolemaic Period, circa 300-30 B.C. (5)
AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI OF TCHAHORPATA
DYNASTY XXX, REIGN OF NECTANEBO II, CIRCA 360-343 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI OF TCHAHORPATA DYNASTY XXX, REIGN OF NECTANEBO II, CIRCA 360-343 B.C. Carrying hoe, mattock and seed-bag, wearing a tripartite wig and a plaited beard, inscribed with a single column of text identifying the owner as "The one who knows what exists, Prophet, Tchahorpata , born of Tefnut , true of voice", 6¾ in. (17.3 cm) high; a turquoise glazed composition shabti, inscribed with a single column of hieroglyphs identifying the owner as "the Keeper of the Linenstore, Horemheb born of Heret ", Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C., 4¾ in. (11.8 cm) high; another similar shabti, with back pillar and tripartite wig, 3¾ in. (9.7 cm.) high; a twin-falcon glazed composition amulet representing the souls of Ra and Osiris, ¾ in. (2 cm.) high; and a turquoise glazed composition amulet of Sekhmet, standing, inscribed back pillar, 1¼ in. (3.4 cm.) high, all mounted, all Ptolemaic Period, circa 300-30 B.C. (5)
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