Egypt
Bright blue glaze faience shabti for Nes-pa-nefer-her, details in
black.
From Thebes, Deir el-Bahri (Cache II)
Third Intermediate period, 21st dynasty (1080-945BC)
Size is 104 mm
Mummiform, striated tripartite wig, seshed headband, arms crossed
on the chest, each hand holds a hoe.
Single column of inscriptions:
"Shd Wsir it-ntr mry n 'Imn
Ns-p3-nfr-hr"
"The illuminated one, the Osiris, the God's Father, Beloved of
Amen, Nes-pa-nefer-her"
This excellent shabti is completely intact and very rare!
For the name, see Ranke, "Die Agyptischen Persoennamen I pg
175,5
For more information see Glenn Janes, "A private view", pg 97 &
98, 49
From a German collection, prior to 1978
US 1038
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