OUSHEBTI ON BEHALF OF NEFERIBRE-SANEITH
Egyptian... Lot 29
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OUSHEBTI ON BEHALF OF NEFERIBRE-SANEITH
Egyptian art, Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, reign of Amasis, circa 570-526 B.C.
Earthenware statuette, wearing a tripartite wig, standing on a quadrangular base, arms crossed, holding two farming implements. Nine bands of hieroglyphic inscriptions engraved on the front of chapter VI of the
Book of the Dead, indicating the name of the deceased: Nefer-ib-ré-sa-neith, son of the lady Chem-(en)-bastet.
Height Height : 18.5 cm
Related bibliography :
J.F. and L. Aubert,
Statuettes Égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, pp.229-230
J.L. Chappaz,
Les figurines funéraires égyptiennes du Musée d'Art et d'Histoire et de quelques collections privées, Geneva, 1984, n°139
Provenance:
Saqqarah, south of the Userkaf pyramid, tomb of Neferibesaneith, discovered in 1929
Dispersed by the Antiquities Service, before 1970
Former private collection, Île-de-France
French private collection, acquired in 2023
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