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Origin: Sakhara, Egypt
Circa: 664 BC to 525 BC
Dimensions: 6.25" (15.9cm) high x 1.75" (4.4cm) wide
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Late Dynastic Period
Medium: Faience
Additional Information: SOLD
The figure is inscribed with a text of eight lines that translates as follows: (1) Illumine Osiris-- Har, child of Hathor in the Necropolis. (2) Ushabti this Osiris--Har, child of Hathor in the Necropolis. (3) Do the work there in the Necropolis. Then will you smite…(4) there as a man at his affairs. Behold me, (5) say you. If one numbers you at any time, cause…(6) to grow the fields, (7) cause to fill the canals, (8) carry sand from the west to the east. - (PF.0486)
Antiquities
Ancient Egyptian
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