New Kingdom, 19th - 20th Dynasty, Ca. 1292-1085 BC. A well-moulded terracotta ushabti, wearing the tripartite wig, holding hoe and mattock, basket on the back, details painted in black and red. A column of hieroglyphs painted in black on the front reads: sHD Wsir wr-djw DHwtj-ms mAa-xrw meaning: Illuminating of Osiris, the great one of five, Thutmose, justified. The title wr-djw ïgreat one of five? designates the high priest of Thot at Hermopolis Magna. Several shabtis dating to the 19th dynasty are known which belong to one or more high priests of Thot, called Thutmose. The owner was probably buried at Tuna el-Gebel, the necropolis of Hermopupolis Magna. For comparison see: J.-F. Aubert/ L. Aubert, Statuettes _gyptiennes, chaouabtis, ouchebtis, Paris 1974, pp. 122-123.W. M. F. Petrie, Shabtis, London 1935, pl. XXXV, no. 240.Size: L:165mm / W:50mm ; 210gProvenance: Private London collection; ex. B. Kickx and J. Peeters collections, pre 1978, Belgium.