Faience Shabti of Kham-Khonsu

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late period, 664-332 B.C.

Material: Faience

Dimensions: 12.6 cm high

Price: 4 800 Euro

Ref: 1495

Provenance: From the French collection Chauvin in Paris, acquired in the 1980s to the early 1990s. Accompanied by a French antiquities passport.

Condition: A very old, probably ancient chip on the front left of the plinth, otherwise intact apart from dark sintered spots.

Description: Finely worked out, turquoise glazed faience shabti mentioning as the owner Kham-Khonsu. The body in mummiform with crossed arms. The figure holds in the left hand a hoe, in the right one the hand plow and the braided cord of the seed bag, which is engraved on the left shoulder at the back. The figure stands on a plinth and leans on a back pillar. The details of the face are finely worked out, the ears protruding from the tripartite strand-wig, the false beard is braided and rolled up at the bottom. On the front there are nine lines with finely engraved hieroglyphs with borderlines. The inscription mentions the name of the owner and an excerpt of chapter VI of the Book of the Dead. The back pillar is blank. The name Kham-Khonsu is known from a donation inscription on the bronze statuette of Imhotep dating to the mid-7th century B.C., today in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, with the inventory number 51.2313. Mounted on an old base.