TWO EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE SHABTIS Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C. One with the details in black, depicted mummiform, holding two agricultural implements, the seed bag resting between his shoulders, wearing a fillet and inscribed with a single column of hieroglyphic text containing the deceased's name in now-partially-effaced signs; the other with black glaze details for the eyes, wig and fillet, agricultural implements, seed bag at the back, and heart amulet in the middle of the chest, inscribed in two columns of hieroglyphic text for, "The Osiris, the scribe, the prophet of...Nes..." 5¾ in. (14.6 cm) high, for the larger (2)
TWO EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE SHABTIS Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C. One with the details in black, depicted mummiform, holding two agricultural implements, the seed bag resting between his shoulders, wearing a fillet and inscribed with a single column of hieroglyphic text containing the deceased's name in now-partially-effaced signs; the other with black glaze details for the eyes, wig and fillet, agricultural implements, seed bag at the back, and heart amulet in the middle of the chest, inscribed in two columns of hieroglyphic text for, "The Osiris, the scribe, the prophet of...Nes..." 5¾ in. (14.6 cm) high, for the larger (2)
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