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Two Egyptian green faience shabtis: for Tiy-Rwd, born to Na-Nefer-iy and another for the Royal scribe Hor-Dedu, second name, Psamtek-Mer-Ptah 2 image 1
Two Egyptian green faience shabtis: for Tiy-Rwd, born to Na-Nefer-iy and another for the Royal scribe Hor-Dedu, second name, Psamtek-Mer-Ptah 2 image 2
The Bodo Bruno Bernhard Bleß (1940-2022) Collection of Egyptian Antiquities (Lots 59-81)
Lot 77*

Two Egyptian green faience shabtis: for Tiy-Rwd, born to Na-Nefer-iy and another for the Royal scribe Hor-Dedu, second name, Psamtek-Mer-Ptah
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22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
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Two Egyptian green faience shabtis: for Tiy-Rwd, born to Na-Nefer-iy and another for the Royal scribe Hor-Dedu, second name, Psamtek-Mer-Ptah

Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
The larger shabti is for the woman Tiy-Rwd, born to Na-Nefer-iy, and not for the soldier Ankheter as named on the modern base; 12cm and 9cm high respectively (2)

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

For the Tiy-Rwd shabti see H.D. Schneider, Shabtis, Part II, Leiden, 1977, p.199, no. 5.3.1.242, pl. p.63. The text on the shabti for Hor-Dedu begins on the back column, with the second name given at the front, and the figure carries two picks, which dates it to the early 26th Dynasty.

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