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Lot 308*

An Egyptian gesso painted wood shabti box

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian gesso painted wood shabti box
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-735 B.C.
27.7cm x 12cm x 12cm

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Provenance:
Bodo Bleß (1940-2022) collection, Berlin, formed from ca. 1960 onwards.

The text around the sides reading: 'A boon which the king gives to Osiris, Foremost of the West, great god lord of Abydos, that he give all offerings, all sustenance and wine to the deceased', whose name is illegible. For a shabti box with similar text see Mummies and Magic, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1988, p.175, no.125e.

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