AN EGYPTIAN WHITE FAIENCE GLAZED SHABTI OF SETHINEHEH.
New-Kingdom, Reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279-1213 BCE
H. 13 cm

Provenance
Formerly with, Meier Jacob. 26.5.1986

Exhibition
Antikenmuseum und Basel, Ramses Göttlicher Herrscher Am Nil, 17/12/2016-18/06/2017

Depicted mummiform, with a red face and a black wig. The necklace raised with relief and incised lines. The arms folded over the chest (red hands), are holding hoes. The body is inscribed with a single colum of hieroglyphic text with the name of Sethi(n)Eheh. A similar name is mentioned on a stela in the The Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum, inv. 0375. Beautiful state of conservation.

Estimate: 2000 - 3000 CHF