Egyptian Faience Shabti for Ka-Nefer, c. 30th Dynasty, 380-343 B.C.

(Faience Shabti)

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Item No.
33.37221
Culture
Egypt, 30th Dynasty, 380-343 B.C.  
Item Details.
Hands crossed in front of chest holding pick and hoe, seed bag over shoulder, wearing tripartite wig and false beard. T-shaped arrangement of hieroglyphic inscription to the midriff and lower body, plinth base and plain back pillar to reverse. The inscription informs us that Ka-nefer was a wener-priest and scribe of Ptah. His mother's name is Isit-reshuty. He was buried at Saqqara.

Provenance: Private collection, New York, USA, early 1980s. Literature: Cf. Schneider, H.D., Shabtis. An Introduction to the History of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Statuettes with a Catalogue of the Collection of Shabtis in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, 3 Volumes, Leiden, 1977, Vol. 2, p.211 (no. 5.3.2.25) and Vol. 3, p.76, for another shabti of Ka-nefer.

Display stand included

Size
12.2 cm H - 4 3/4 inches
Material
Faience 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
• Egyptian Shabtis
Price.
US$ 2500
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