EGYPTIAN NES-KHONSU WORKER SHABTI Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1077-943 BC A pale blue glazed composition shabti of a worker with black painted detail to the eyes, brow fillet, flails and seed-bag on the reverse; to the lower body a black-painted hieroglyphic text 'chantress of Amun, Nes-Khonsu'. 100 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Fine condition, repaired. [No Reserve] Provenance Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired 2011 from a London auction house; previously in a London collection; acquired on the London art market in 1977. Footnotes Shabtis are small figures of adult male or female form inscribed with a special formula to be recited (Shabti formula), or figures representing the function expressed in that spell, namely, to carry out heavy manual tasks on behalf of a person in the afterlife.
EGYPTIAN NES-KHONSU WORKER SHABTI Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1077-943 BC A pale blue glazed composition shabti of a worker with black painted detail to the eyes, brow fillet, flails and seed-bag on the reverse; to the lower body a black-painted hieroglyphic text 'chantress of Amun, Nes-Khonsu'. 100 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Fine condition, repaired. [No Reserve] Provenance Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired 2011 from a London auction house; previously in a London collection; acquired on the London art market in 1977. Footnotes Shabtis are small figures of adult male or female form inscribed with a special formula to be recited (Shabti formula), or figures representing the function expressed in that spell, namely, to carry out heavy manual tasks on behalf of a person in the afterlife.
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