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Lot # 57
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI OF QUEEN ISET-NOFRET. New-Kingdom, Reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279-1213 BCE H. 15 cm Provenance Formerly with, Bertrand A. Schneider , Langwiesen Schweiz, 23.11.2001 Exhibition Antikenmuseum und Basel, Ramses Göttlicher Herrscher Am Nil, 17/12/2016-18/06/2017 Publication Ramses Göttlicher Herrscher Am Nil, 2016, n°59 Depicted mummiform, wearing a short black wig with the side-lock. Wearing a broad ousekh collar. The arms folded over the chest, holding the hoes, the body inscribed with a single column of hieroglyphic text for "the great royal wife, Iset-Nofret". Queen Isetnofret (also spelled Isisnofret or Isitnofret) was a prominent royal consort during Egypt's 19th Dynasty, serving as one of the Great Royal Wives of Pharaoh Ramesses II. She had several children with important positions; Princes Ramesses, Khaemwaset, Merenptah and Princess Bintanath. Beautiful state of conservation.