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Lot 19

An Egyptian turquoise glazed composition shabti

1 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian turquoise glazed composition shabti
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.
Wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, holding a pick and hoe and with a seed bag slung over the left shoulder, with eight horizontal bands of text running around the body from Chapter Six of the Book of the Dead and naming the owner as Ptah-Smen-Psamtek, born to Ta-Shert-Sekhmet, 16cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK, acquired in the 1970s from Brian Potter Antiques.

There is another shabti for Ptah-Smen-Psamtek in the Louvre. The name menas 'Ptah establishes Psamtek', suggesting a dating early in the reign of Psamtek I, the founder of the dynasty. The names on this shabti suggest that it probably comes from Memphis.

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