Egyptian Glazed Composition Shabti for Ka-Nefer
30th Dynasty, 380-343 B.C. Modelled mummiform, hands crossed in front of chest holding pick and hoe, seed bag over shoulder, wearing tripartite wig and false beard, T-shaped arrangement of hieroglyphic inscription to the midriff and lower body; plinth base and plain back pillar to reverse. Cf. Schneider, H.D., Shabtis. An Introduction to the History of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Statuettes with a Catalogue of the Collection of Shabtis in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, 3 Volumes, Leiden, 1977, Vol. 2, p.211 (no. 5.3.2.25) and Vol. 3, p.76, for another shabti of Ka-nefer.78 grams, 12.2 cm high (4 3/4 in.). Private collection, New York, USA, early 1980s. The inscription informs us that Ka-nefer was a wener- priest and scribe of Ptah. His mother's name is Isit-reshuty. He was buried at Saqqara.