Egyptian Faience Shabti and Amulet Group
Egyptian Faience Shabti and Amulet Group
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Two mummiform shabti figurines, one faded pale green and the other bright turquoise; one amuletic figurine, possibly of a ram or baboon-headed deity with sun disk headdress, applied black pigment detailing. 20 grams total, 41-65 mm (1 5/8 - 2 1/2 in.).
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
Shabti figures were created to carry out heavy manual tasks on behalf of a person in the afterlife. From the Third Intermediate Period into the Late Period burials were often provided with several hundred shabtis. [3, No Reserve]
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Egyptian Faience Shabti and Amulet Group
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Two mummiform shabti figurines, one faded pale green and the other bright turquoise; one amuletic figurine, possibly of a ram or baboon-headed deity with sun disk headdress, applied black pigment detailing. 20 grams total, 41-65 mm (1 5/8 - 2 1/2 in.).
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
Shabti figures were created to carry out heavy manual tasks on behalf of a person in the afterlife. From the Third Intermediate Period into the Late Period burials were often provided with several hundred shabtis. [3, No Reserve]
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