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An Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti for Tayuheret
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1069-945 B.C.
With details in black, holding two hoes, wearing a broad collar and striped tripartite wig, with a single column of hieroglyphs at the front, a large seed-bag with loops slung across the back, 4¼in (10.5cm) high, mounted
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1069-945 B.C.
With details in black, holding two hoes, wearing a broad collar and striped tripartite wig, with a single column of hieroglyphs at the front, a large seed-bag with loops slung across the back, 4¼in (10.5cm) high, mounted
Footnotes
Provenance:
Dutch private collection, 1980s
Belgian private collection formed between 1950-1980.
Deir el Bahri, royal cache 1, 1881.
Literature:
Tayuheret was the wife of Masaharta, the High Priest of Amun and son of Pinedjem I. For a discussion on Tayuheret, cf. J.-F. and L. Aubert, Statuettes Egyptiennes, Paris, 1974, 143.
























