Shabti for Djed Khonsu
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AR2683
| Object: |
Shabti for Djed Khonsu
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| Material: |
Clay with white gesso, beige coating and black paint.
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| Period: |
21. dynasty of Ancient Egypt, approx. 1069 BC to 945 BC. Third Intermediate Period. |
| Description: |
Egyptian funerary statuette with a mummy shaped body, arms crossed in front of the chest, legs close to each other, head with tripartite wig. Details are painted in black on the beige background, a headband and a net basket on the back. The front bears a column of hieroglyphs reading Osiris, Wab priest of Amun, Djed Khonsu, justified In this formula the name Djed Khonsu relates to the deceased. He held the title of Wab priest in life, which was a priest for the libation ritual. The statuette can be attributed to the city of Thebes in Upper Egypt. |
| Background: |
The shabtis of this owner were found during an excavation in Deir el-Medina, carried out between 1922 and 1951 by the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. Various objects found were given to museums in Egypt and France. Indirectly or possibly directly some objects must also have been given to private individuals or art dealers. A description of the excavation in Deir el-Medina is given by D. Valbelle in his 1972 book "Ouchebtis de Deir El-Médineh". The book also includes the type of inscription seen on this shabti. The statuette offered here is appearently from chamber 2 of tomb 336 in Deir el-Medina. In total 16 intact and 39 fragmentary shabtis of Djed Khonsu have been found there. |
| Dimensions: |
96mm high without base, 135mm high with base.
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| Condition: |
Good condition. Apart from a small chip at the feet fully intact. Also the white gesso and the beige coating are largely intact. The original black paint on top can still be seen. Mounted on a black painted wood base. Below an old sticker inscribed by hand and reading "2786-4/2".
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| Provenance: |
Acquired in 2019 from the German privat collection of D. R. Acquired by him in 2016 from Gorny & Mosch, auction 243, lot no. 503. Previously with bb Antiken & Asiatika Gallery, Germany. Previously in the Spanish collection Escobar. Acquired into the collection in October 2017 from the auction Thion Encheres, Evreux, France. Previously in a French private collection, acquired into the collection before 1980. The shabtis of this type have been discovered during the excavations conducted between 1922 and 1951 by the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale.
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| References: |
Other shabtis of this group are published in D. Valbelle, Ouchebtis de Deir el-Médineh, Documents des Fouilles de l'IFAO (1972), p. 70, plate X and XXVII, no. 164, left inscription type. And shabtis of this group are also said to be published in L. M. de Araujo, Estatuetas Funerarias Egipcias da XXI Dinastía (2003), p. 424. We were unable to access the book, however, due to its severely limited availability. |
| Authenticity: |
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