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MM 14709 :: ushebti

Object description

An inscribed ushebti with a single vertical column in front. Clear blue glaze, black painted details, such as the inscription, mr-hoes, basket, eyes and wig. The ears are unusual as the prttrude and lie flat. Bag wig.

The inscription reads ‹zir it nTr n Imn Imn-m-ipt (mAa xrw).

Data elements
References (4)

Inventory number

MM 14709

Serie nummer

12225

Previous ID

E4709

Object

ushebti

Object, Swedish

Ushebti

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Place - Findspot

Probably from Thebes (?).

Material

Faience, blue; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik; Fajans; Fajans, blå

Acquisition

From the Rettig collection

Description

The inscription reads ‹zir it nTr n Imn Imn-m-ipt (mAa xrw).

Period

Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty (1081-725 BC)

Period, Swedish

21-22a dynastin (1081-725 f Kr), Tredje intermediet

Name - Acquired from

Rettig, Nils (1892-10-18 - 1933-03-11), First Secretary

Description: Nils Rettig, born 1892, dead 11 March 1933.
Nils Robert Rettig was an official of the Swedish Foreign Office from 1920 to his death on 11 March 1933 in Egypt. He served in a number of countries with distinction, ending as First Secretary in the Swedish Legation in Cairo. He was interested in and bought antiquities from dealers in that city. A few of these were given by N. Rettig to the Egyptian Museum and the rest were acquired after his death from his brother Herbert Rettig.
Nils Rettig was the son of Hjalmar and Julia Rettig.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Comments

From the same workshop as MM14705, MME1986:5, MM14708(?).

Parallels

MM14711

Cf Publications

Aubert & Aubert, Statuettes, 173 & pl. 41; Schneider, Shabtis, 4.3.1.4; Sotheby-Parke Bernet, Sale 3934, Dec. 11 1976, nr. 180; Christie´s New York, Feb. 25 1979, nr. 174, Sotheby-Psrke bernet, Dec. 11, 1980, 229

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