A pair of 22nd dynasty Ushebtis for a woman (2)

A pair of flat-backed front-molded clay ushebtis in a low temperature fired Nile silt fabric with a slip now gone brown. Molded details to the facial features (worn), crossed arms and hoes, but no painted details other than the inscriptions. Both have a single vertical column of hieroglyphs running down the front with similar hieratic inscriptions for a “Lady of the House, Chantress of Amun, Mut …”. Hieratic inscriptions on ushebtis from this period are very rare. 1. H: 12 cm. Intact with some wear. An old collection number on the base with 40 written. Also traces of a similar label as on M1426. Ex. Collection F. A. Downes, collected in Egypt in the 1920s. From Artifactsuk in Huntingdon England 2008. (M1568) 2. Originally from the Tyndale coll. Ex Yorkshire private collection, prior to that purchased from Eternal Egypt in London. Acquired from J. Cummings (Lodge Antiques), UK in 2006. (M1426) Other specimens in the Petrie Museum, UCL, for example UC34368. Included is reference pictures