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Hornakht's Shabti, back pillars, hieroglyphs, wigs, beards facial hair, Hornakht ca. 525–530 BC, funerary figurine mummy-shaped shabti, grave good, standing on a base, back supported by a pillar/pilaster. Arms crossed on the chest, right folded over the left. In the right hand: a long-bladed hoe and two strings from which hangs a semicircular basket on the back slightly above the elbow; in the left hand: a whip. Hands and tools are engraved. On the head: a long, three-part smooth wig. Long straight beard of even width. Face with coarse features, roughly defined eyes, wide nose, prominent mouth with a slight smile. Right ear significantly larger than the left. Inscription carved in a single column on the front, extending from chin to feet; content unclear but names the deceased Hornakht and his mother. Date: 664–30 BC Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, Egypt. Type: shabti. Dimensions: height 11.6 cm, width 3.1 cm., A small standing figurine with a human face and headdress, shown from a slight three-quarter angle, mounted on a rectangular block; the figure appears elongated with arms folded across the front and a long narrow body bearing carved vertical markings; the surface of the figure shows a weathered, pale beige tone with darker brown spots and some greenish-gray areas, while the rectangular block base is a warm ochre color and rests on a neutral gray background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A18_197

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

24.2Mo (1.2Mo) / 15.0cm x 40.4cm / 1772 x 4768 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Hornakht's Shabti back pillars hieroglyphs wigs beards facial hair Hornakht ca 525–530 Bc funerary figurine mummy-shaped shabti grave good standing base back supported pillar pilaster Arms crossed chest right folded left right hand long-bladed hoe two strings hangs semicircular basket back slightly elbow left hand whip Hands tools engraved head long three-part smooth wig Long straight beard even width Face coarse features roughly defined eyes wide nose prominent mouth slight smile Right ear significantly larger Inscription carved single column front extending chin feet content unclear names deceased Hornakht mother Date 664–30 BC Late Period–Ptolemaic Period Egypt Type shabti Dimensions height 11.6 cm width 3.1 cm small figurine human face headdress shown slight three-quarter angle mounted rectangular block figure elongated arms folded across long narrow body bearing carved vertical markings surface weathered pale beige tone darker brown spots greenish-gray areas rectangular block base warm ochre color rests neutral gray background.