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Huge
ancient egyptian ushabti with hathor on body
Sold
on eBay by seller "E"
Winning bid: US $108.05
Ended: Oct-27-05
your
looking at a huge ancient egyptian ushabti. This marvelous piece is what
is called an overseer ushabti. The overseer ushabti was in effect the
manager of the some 365 ushabti placed in the tomb for work in the afterlife.
This marvelous ushabti wears a lappet wig, has very large hands crossed
at his chest. There is a small ushabti at the front of this ushabti which
wears the solar disk crown of Goddess Hathor. There are hieroglyphics
towards the bottom of this piece,made from Stone ,during Dynasty 12, The
detail is symbolic to the artistry displayed by the ancient Egyptian craftsmen.pruched
from An antique dealer. we don't guarantee this items exact age as we
don't have Carbon Dating,nor chemicle analysis Abilities. This is solely
Due to high cost and possible damage to the items and the known fact carbon
dating is done only on materials once living And therefore we can not
verify the exact age time frame of this PIECE down to the exact Dynasty,
year etc. For this reason we start with a low cost and with no reserve!
I obtain my items from various well known and legitimate sources (antique
dealers some of those dealers have been working in this business since
1930's and 1940's) private collections and or estates), We have received
all information regarding our items from second hand sources, and the
timeline set on our items is to be used as a guideline for the above period
listed.
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