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Origin: Sakhara, Egypt
Circa: 664 BC to 525 BC
Dimensions: 6.5" (16.5cm) high x 1.75" (4.4cm) wide x 1.25" (3.2cm) depth
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Late Dynastic Period
Medium: Faience
The figure is inscribed with a text of eight lines which translates as follows: 1) Illumine Osiris--Har, child of Hathor in the necropolis when he says: O Ushabti 2) this. Act in the form of Osiris--Har, child of Hathor in the necropolis. Do all the 3) work there in the necropolis. Then you will smite there as 4) a man at his affairs. Behold me, say 5) you. If one numbers at any time, cause to 6) grow the fields, to cause to fill the channels 7) to carry sand from the west to the east 8) and vice-versa. Behold me, say you. - (PF.0483)
Antiquities
Ancient Egyptian
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