Description
Name owner: Tjainehebu
Title owner: The Illuminated, The Osiris, Overseer of the royal ships
Dimensions (hxwxd): 18.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
Translation hieroglyphs: The Illuminated, The Osiris, the Overseer of the royal ships, Tjai-ne-hebu, born to Ta-Neferet-iyti, he speaks: (followed by Chapter VI)
Preservation: Intact, faience worn at places, two tiny holes in the back
R-R: 330.30
Provenance: ex UK dealer, ex Bonhams 15th of October 2008, lot 79, ex Geddes Collection.
Comments:
There were three admirals burried at Saqarra at roughly the same time (during or around the reign of Amasis). Next to Tjai-ne-hebu we know of Heka-em-saf, SC/79) and Psamtek-Mery-Ptah.
A detailed account of the tomb and its content is published in the book La Tomba di Ciennehebu in 1977. For a good overview of the parallels see Glenn Janes number 106a and 106b.
This shabti is in excellent example of the high quality of this period:
