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Egyptian Faience Shabti for Am-Sah
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Egyptian Faience Shabti for Am-SahXXX DynastyA mummiform figure, mould-made , wearing tripartite wig, with long beard; arms crossed on chest; LH holds pick, RH holds and a hoe and a cord extending to the shoulder, to a square bag slung on back. Back column and trapezoid base. 3 vertical columns of text enclosed by linear border down front/sides.3 columns incised text naming the owner and his mother followed by a very abbreviated extract of the shabti spell: wsir Am sAH ms n[?]. stH(?)-ptH irt kAt im m Xrt-nTr ‘the Osiris Am-sahet(?), born to / Seteh-ptah [?] (Carol Andrews has read the name as Psherptah ) , do works / there in the netherworld’Am-sah(?) –lit. ‘‘ the one who seizes land’whose mother was Seteh-ptah (?)12.6cm high.FOOTNOTESProvenanceJulian Bird, London, acquired from Tetragon, Portebello Road, 2011.
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Egyptian Faience Shabti for Am-SahXXX DynastyA mummiform figure, mould-made , wearing tripartite wig, with long beard; arms crossed on chest; LH holds pick, RH holds and a hoe and a cord extending to the shoulder, to a square bag slung on back. Back column and trapezoid base. 3 vertical columns of text enclosed by linear border down front/sides.3 columns incised text naming the owner and his mother followed by a very abbreviated extract of the shabti spell: wsir Am sAH ms n[?]. stH(?)-ptH irt kAt im m Xrt-nTr ‘the Osiris Am-sahet(?), born to / Seteh-ptah [?] (Carol Andrews has read the name as Psherptah ) , do works / there in the netherworld’Am-sah(?) –lit. ‘‘ the one who seizes land’whose mother was Seteh-ptah (?)12.6cm high.FOOTNOTESProvenanceJulian Bird, London, acquired from Tetragon, Portebello Road, 2011.
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