EARTHENWARE FUNERARY SERVANT IN THE NAME OF PAABOUMEH NICKNAMED PSAMÉTIKSÉNÈB Egyptian art, Saite period, second half of Dynasty XXVI Beautiful statuette of a mummiform funerary servant, depicted standing on a square base, wearing a tripartite wig and a false beard. The hands crossed over the chest are holding farming implements and a cord from which a sack of seeds hangs down from the back. The ten lines of hieroglyphs engraved around the legs take up chapter VI of the Book of the Dead and give the name of the deceased, the Chancellor of the King of Lower Egypt, known to the king as Paaboumeh, nicknamed Psamétikseneb, son of Âakha, born of Taoupetnéfret. Height: 17 cm Provenance: Former M.M. Belfer collection, Paris, acquired in the 1960s Galerie David Ghezelbash, Paris Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011, p. 37, fig. 9 M. Merrony, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, The Levett Family Collection, France, 2012, p. 22 An Egyptian faience shabti for Pa-abumeh called Psamtik-seneb, Saite Period, second half of the 26th Dynasty