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LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR HARMOSE
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing tripartite striated wig and plaited false beard, with arms crossed holding pick and hoe, a seed bag over the left shoulder, with seven rows of hieroglyphs for Chapter 6 from The Book of the Dead, back pillar uninscribed
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing tripartite striated wig and plaited false beard, with arms crossed holding pick and hoe, a seed bag over the left shoulder, with seven rows of hieroglyphs for Chapter 6 from The Book of the Dead, back pillar uninscribed
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high
Provenance
By repute given by Lord Carnarvon (1866-1923) to Major Clive Behrens (1871-1935), and by descent in the Behrens family.