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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5568761, member: 110350"]Here are a few more, all from Ancient Egypt, ranging from one I've had for a long time to one I bought very recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>This ushabti has no inscription (by contrast to one I've posted before with a translated inscription attributing it to the general Hor-em-achbit), and its body is quite worn, but it has always very much appealed to me because of the amazing detail of its face and beard. (Before I bought it, a photo of it was actually used by the dealer in its Yellow Pages listing, back when such things as Yellow Pages still existed!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt, 26th (Saite) Dynasty (664–525 BCE), green faience Ushabti, 4 1/4" high. Purchased from Harmer, Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, Nov. 8, 1982.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside the bell jar where I keep it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241406[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241407[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>With the inscribed ushabti and my bronze Osiris, both of which I've posted previously.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241410[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A more recent purchase:</p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt, ca. 600-332 BCE, faience amulet of god Khnum (the creator of the bodies of human children, which he made at a potter's wheel, from clay, and placed in their mothers' wombs) in form of ram, 1 1/2" long. Purchased Jan. 10, 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241414[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241415[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient Egypt, Late New Kingdom (18th-19th Dynasty), steatite scarab of two Antilopids, mother and baby. 18 mm. Purchased from Harmer, Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, Feb. 27, 1989.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241443[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt, ca. 1700 BCE, steatite scarab with untranslated hieroglyphs, 17 mm. Purchased April 27, 2009.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241439[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt, Late Dynastic Period (1085-332 BCE), green faience amulet of baboon [with man's body?] leaning on pillar, representing Thoth (god of wisdom, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art, judgment, and the dead). 1 3/8" high. Purchased from Royal Athena Galleries, New York City, Mar. 29, 1986.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241445[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241446[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5568761, member: 110350"]Here are a few more, all from Ancient Egypt, ranging from one I've had for a long time to one I bought very recently. This ushabti has no inscription (by contrast to one I've posted before with a translated inscription attributing it to the general Hor-em-achbit), and its body is quite worn, but it has always very much appealed to me because of the amazing detail of its face and beard. (Before I bought it, a photo of it was actually used by the dealer in its Yellow Pages listing, back when such things as Yellow Pages still existed!) Egypt, 26th (Saite) Dynasty (664–525 BCE), green faience Ushabti, 4 1/4" high. Purchased from Harmer, Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, Nov. 8, 1982. Inside the bell jar where I keep it: [ATTACH=full]1241406[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1241407[/ATTACH] With the inscribed ushabti and my bronze Osiris, both of which I've posted previously. [ATTACH=full]1241410[/ATTACH] A more recent purchase: Egypt, ca. 600-332 BCE, faience amulet of god Khnum (the creator of the bodies of human children, which he made at a potter's wheel, from clay, and placed in their mothers' wombs) in form of ram, 1 1/2" long. Purchased Jan. 10, 2021. [ATTACH=full]1241414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1241415[/ATTACH] Ancient Egypt, Late New Kingdom (18th-19th Dynasty), steatite scarab of two Antilopids, mother and baby. 18 mm. Purchased from Harmer, Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, Feb. 27, 1989. [ATTACH=full]1241443[/ATTACH] Egypt, ca. 1700 BCE, steatite scarab with untranslated hieroglyphs, 17 mm. Purchased April 27, 2009. [ATTACH=full]1241439[/ATTACH] Egypt, Late Dynastic Period (1085-332 BCE), green faience amulet of baboon [with man's body?] leaning on pillar, representing Thoth (god of wisdom, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art, judgment, and the dead). 1 3/8" high. Purchased from Royal Athena Galleries, New York City, Mar. 29, 1986. [ATTACH=full]1241445[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1241446[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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