Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 27th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 404 BCE. A mold-formed faience ushabti of a sizable form covered in remains of blue-green glaze. The tall figure stands in mummiform atop an integral rectangular plinth, holds a relief pick and hoe in arms crossed atop the chest, and has a rectangular panel behind the left shoulder, perhaps the top of a seed bag. The countenance bears almond-shaped eyes with elongated canthi, a slender nose above thin lips, cupped ears, and a plaited false beard, all framed within the lappets of a striated tripartite wig. Across the body are 8 lines of inscribed hieroglyphic characters that, while not fully translated, provide the identity of this figure as Esemkhebe, born of Tshenihe. Size: 2.2" W x 7.3" H (5.6 cm x 18.5 cm)

Provenance: private Toronto, Ontario, Canada collection, by descent, acquired in Egypt in 1894 to 1896

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Slightly offset repair to feet at ankles, with chips and adhesive residue along break lines. Softening to many hieroglyphs, with smooth encrustations across front half of figure, and fading to glaze pigment in many obverse areas.