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Interesting Egyptian shabti
inscribed with black hieroglyphs reading: "The Osiris Pa-mel".
The figurine wears a tripartite wig and holds agricultural implements in the
crossed hands.
The modeling is crude as with other known examples, the back is flat. Thin
greenish glaze on a white crumbly body material. Details of the face and
inscription in black.
Fourteen shabtis of Pa-mel – 4.3.1.20-4.3.1.33 – are recorded with Schneider in
the Leiden collection; cf. p. 125, pl. 50 and 115 in: Hans Schneider. Shabtis.
Leiden 1977.
The shabti belongs to the Third Intermediate Period. Schneider dates it to the
22nd/23rd Dynasty, i.e. 946-730 BC.
Tiny chip out of the head mended. Otherwise intact.
H. 9.6 cm
Ex Hiller collection, acquired in the 1950s; thence by decent.
1000 USD |
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