EARTHENWARE FUNERAL SERVER IN THE NAME OF IRETHOREROU Egyptian art, Late Period, 30th dynasty, 379-341 BC Statuette of a mummiform funerary servant, depicted standing on a square base, wearing a tripartite wig and a false beard, with his hands crossed over his chest and holding farming implements. On the body, a hieroglyphic inscription in 10 lines takes up chapter VI of the Book of the Dead and gives the name of the deceased: Irethorerou, director of the scribes of the council. Fracture to the legs. Label under the base "48". Height: 12.2 cm Related bibliography: Perdu Olivier, "Le directeur des scribes du conseil", Revue d'Égyptologie, n°49, 1998, p.182, n°7 Perdu Olivier, "Le torse d'Irethorerou de la collection Béhague", Revue d'Égyptologie, n°49, 1998, p. 250-254 Provenance: Former private collection from the south of France, acquired on the French art market in the 1960s Acquired from the latter, private collection in the south of France, 2014 An Egyptian faience shabti for Irethorheru, Late Period, 30th Dynasty, 379-341 B.C.