EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI WITH INSCRIPTION. Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Ca. 620 BC. A faience mummiform ushabti with a tripartite wig and an oval face with a false beard, tapering to an integral square plinth. The forearms cross the chest and grasp agricultural tools. A single vertical column of simplified hieroglyphs runs down the front. The reverse is flat with a central dorsal ridge running down to the base. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2021.41.126. Size: 115mm x 35mm; Weight: 49g Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.