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| CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
| PERIOD | Late Period |
| DATE | 26th Dynasty, circa 640-570 B.C. |
| MATERIAL | Faience |
| MOUNTED | No |
Glassy turquoise faience shabti for the Governor of Upper Egypt, wearing a false beard and tripartite wig, the front, back and underside of feet covered with hieroglyphs from Chapter VI of the Book of the Dead, the seven lower rows of hieroglyphs on the back divided in the center with double vertical lines.
Ankh-hor was Chief Steward of the Divine Votress Nitocris I (daughter of Psammetichus I), Great Mayor of Memphis, Overseer of Upper Egypt in Thebes and Overseer of the Priests of Amun during the reigns of Psamtek II and Apries. His tomb (TT414) is the fourth largest in the Theban necropolis at Asasif and one of a series built at the end of the Third Intermediate Period for high officials in the estates of the God's Wives of Amun. As Chief Steward of Nitocris, he would have been one of the most important and wealthiest men in Egypt.
French private collection, prior to 1970.
ex. Arteas, Paris.
Acquired on the American Art Market.
Accompanied by French Passport, no. 144797
Art Loss no. S00151523
cf. L. M. Berman: Catalogue of Egyptian Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999, pp. 450-451, no. 349 for an identical shabti.
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| CATEGORY | Egyptian |
| PERIOD | Late Period |
| DATE | 26th Dynasty, circa 640-570 B.C. |
| MATERIAL | |
| MOUNTED | No |