Ushabti of Hor-wedja (Primary Title)
Funerary Figure of Hor-wedja (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
This figurine is from the tomb of Hor-Wedja, discovered in 1890 by the English archaeologist Sir W.M.F. Petrie in the Faiyum region of Egypt. The tomb yielded the best-preserved, best-documented and highest-quality group of funerary figurines known. The inscriptions reads: “The servant of the goddess Neith, the priest Hor-wedja, born of Shedet.”
Dynasty 30
Late Period
Kathleen Boone Samuels Memorial Fund
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