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№ 238

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16 March 2021

Hammer Price:
£160

An Egyptian Ptolemaic 3rd-2nd century BC green faience Shabti mummiform funerary figure, wearing a tripartite wig and false beard, his arms to his chest, and holding a hoe and mattock, 10 x 2cm. £120-£140

Shabtis were placed in tombs among the grave goods as servants in the afterlife.