A Royal Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti for Princess AstEmKhebit, 21st Dynasty, Cache II, ca. 1069 - 945 BCE

From the second Bab el-Gasus cache, with details painted in black, holding a pair of hoes, a seed bag on the shoulder, with a vertical column of text running at the front for 'the Lady of the House, Ast-Em-Khebit'

Ast-em-khebit, half sister of Pinudjem II, was also his second wife, and mother to two daughters and a son Pasebkhanut II. Her mummy, coffins and other funerary equipment were buried alongside Pinudjem II in TT320 near Dei el-Bahari and are now in Cairo.

For further discussion of the lives of the High Priests of Amun, see A. Dodson, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, London, 2004, pp. 196-209. See also G. Janes, Shabtis, a Private View, Paris, 2002, p. 59, no. 29. 

Medium: Faience

Dimensions: Height: 4 3/4 inches (12 cm)

Condition: The shabti is intact and in very good condition overall.

Provenance: Deir el-Bahri, Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun, Dr John Winnie collection, St Mary's, Georgia, USA, prior to 1983, Private Conneticult collection, Bonhams, London, 15 October 2008, lot 21. John Evans collection, Merseyside, UK, acquired at the above sale, Bonhams London, 17th November 2017, lot #17, Private Arizona collection.