Lot 32
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR NEFER-IB-RE-SA-NEITH
PROPERTY FROM AN OHIO PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR NEFER-IB-RE-SA-NEITH

LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR NEFER-IB-RE-SA-NEITH
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
Green in color, standing on an integral plinth against an uninscribed back pillar, depicted mummiform with the arms crossing his chest, his fisted hands emerging from within his vestment, holding a crook and a flail, a seed sack over his left shoulder, wearing a striated tripartite headcloth and a braided chin-beard curving out at its tip, inscribed with nine rows of hieroglyphs, reading: "Recitation: Instructions of the Osiris Nefer-ib-Re-sa-Neith, born of Shep-en-Bastet, Justified, He says,” and continuing with a form of the standard shabti text from Chapter 6 of The Book of the Dead
7½ in. (18.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Robert Cassell (1920-1998), Columbus, Ohio, acquired while serving in the U.S. Armed Services in Cairo during World War II between 1943-1945; thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

This shabti was made for a well-known 26th Dynasty official whose tomb is located at Sakkara. His basilophorous name (a name containing the name of a king) includes the prenomen of Psamtik II, who ruled in 595-589 B.C., which indicates that he was born during Psamtik II's reign. For a similar example see accession no. 58.4.2 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (on view in Gallery 127).

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