EARTHENWARE OUCHEBTI IN THE NAME OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROYAL FLEET TJAENNAHEBOU Egyptian art, Saite period, Dynasty XXVI, reign of Amasis, c. 570-526 BC Mummiform statuette of a funerary servant depicted standing, wearing a false beard and a striped tripartite wig. He is holding farming implements in his hands crossed over his chest and is leaning on an anepigraphic back pillar. The body of the statuette is engraved with nine columns of hieroglyphic inscriptions based on the traditional Chapter VI of the Book of the Dead. The feet are incomplete, with chips and a blue-green glaze preserved only in places. Height: 16.3 cm Related bibliography : J.F. and L. AUBERT, Statuettes Égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, p.227 Provenance: French private collection, acquired in the late 1940s or early 1950s Then by descent, French private collection The tomb of this superintendent of the Tjaennahebou royal fleet was discovered at Saqqara by Alexandre Barsanti in 1900, close to two other superintendents, Hekaemsaf and Psammetic-Meriptah. The funerary furnishings consisted of 401 ouchebtis, which were dispersed shortly after the tomb's discovery, reaching numerous international museum collections (Asti, Hanover, Cairo, London, New York, Oxford and Paris) and private collections. An Egyptian earthenware shabti for the Overseer of the Royal Ships Tjanehebu, Saite Period, 26th Dynasty, reign of Amasis, circa 570-526 B.C. The tomb of this superintendent of the Tjaennahebou royal fleet was discovered at Saqqara by Alexandre Barsanti in 1900, near two other superintendents, Hekaemsaf and Psammetik-Meriptah. The funerary furnishings consisted of 401 ouchebtis, which were dispersed shortly after the tomb's discovery, reaching numerous international museum collections (Asti, Hanover, Cairo, London, New York, Oxford and Paris) and private collections.