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Bright blue faience shabti for MaatKaRe.
Royal shabti, MaatKaRe, was the daughter of the Pharaoh Pinedjem I and Queen Henuttawy.
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Size: 12,5 cm
Period:: 21st Dynasty
Material: faience
Condition: very Good
Provenance: French collection
Published: La Collection Emmacha Part I, page 193-195
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Details in black, with one frontal row of glyphs, her name in a cartouche.
The inscription reads: "May the Osiris, the God's Wife of Amun Maatkare, shine."
She was the daughter of High Priest of Amun Pinedjem I, who was the de facto ruler of Southern Egypt from 1070 BCE onwards, then proclaimed himself pharaoh in 1054 B.C.
Her mother was Duathathor-Henuttawy, a daughter of Ramesses XI, last ruler of the 20th dynasty.
Maatkare received the title of 'Divine Adoratrice': God's Wife of Amun during her father's reign; she was the first God's Wife to take on a praenomen which used to be the prerogative of pharaohs.
Her siblings held important positions too: a brother of hers became pharaoh, a sister became queen, and three brothers held the title High Priest of Amun in succession.
She was followed as God's Wife by her niece Henuttawy D, daughter of her brother, High Priest Menkheperre.