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Greenish enameled terracotta

Greenish enameled terracotta

It is in the shape of a mummy with the back pillar fused with a klaft (XI C). A long beard is extending up towards the end. The hands are crossed, oppositely turned down. We can see the sleeves (a variation of the type H 6). On the left shoulder is a pick and a cord, on the right a slightly smaller pick (I 6). A bag for the grain at the back on the left shoulder is indicated with the horizontal fibers (B 5b). A hieroglyphic inscription is framed, but opened at the top in the one column on the front side and one on the back pillar (Tp 7a-8d). The lower part of the legs is broken off and lost. Typologically it is of the late Saite to the Ptolemaic period.

Catalogue entry

Shabti from green enameled terracotta
private collection of the family dr. Tereza Marović, Split
ex-collection Carrara-Bratanić, Split
Solin (Salona)
Ancient Egypt, unknown site
Late period, 26th Dynasty (664-525 B.C.)
Roman Republic - Roman Empire (3rd c. B.C.-2nd c. A.D.)
terracotta
H. 6.4 cm
archaeological excavation, 19th c.
Typology: Schneider class XIA1; Tomorad class C1
Cf. Similar type of Dynasty 26th shabtis from the renep-priest Hor-em-heb in ex-collections of J. M. Ortuondo (Bilbao, Spain), Museé du Louvre, Paris, and in the private collection Marović (Split, Croatia) no. 3; Archaeological Museum, Split: G1625

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