Nice & Large Oushebti Egyptian Ceramic XXxth Dynatsia 4th Bc

Very nice and large turquoise blue to green frit oushebti, T-shaped inscriptions, characteristic of this period, with its usual tripartite headdress and beard cartridge.

dating from the XXXth dynasty (-380-342 BC), during the Basse Epoque.

*Néctanebo Ier develops the of the Karnak temple first pylon, the temple of Philae and wins a victory against the Persian invader.
*Teos (also called Tachos) develops the Pétosiris tomb.
*Nectanebo II wasdefeat by the armies of the Persian Artaxerxes III.

This dynasty is the last dominated by Egyptian pharaohs. " These oushebtis, literally substitutes, accompanied the deceased to the next world in order to carry out material tasks for them. Often placed in small boxes, they were part of the furniture accompanying the most important figures of Egyptian society. The text of the oushebtis is always constituted in the same way, with the name of the deceased, his function and his ancestry then the recurring passage from Le Livre des Morts as an incantation of this servant to accompany the deceased, his master in the au- of the. Oratory instruments are still to be found, namely a fly repellent, a claw for scraping the earth for agricultural purposes and on the back, at the level of his shoulder, a bag of seeds symbolizing the seeds (photos 8, 10 and 11 ).

Sizes: 17 cm height by 6cm, 3.5cm depth

Condition: old broken in the middle of the body, formerly glued and restored (almost invisible) and tiny enamel swings on his right hand and at the lower end of the beard cartridge -please check photos