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Faience ushabtis

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7632

One hundred ninety-six (196) faience ushabtis [(cf. 25-3-227) (part of group of 376+ ushabtis including 25-3-223, 25-3-229, 25-3-282, [and probably 25-3-224], and others, including 25-3-225, 25-3-227, and possibly 25-3-226)]; uninscribed; forty-four broken and joined. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_25-3-225
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7632 A, [room 2 =] A IV, in coffin
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Height: 6.8 - 7.2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 25.4656, 25.4710–25.4752
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/05/1925
  • Owner
    Hetepef-hesu-(?) (in G 7632)
  • Remarks
    Many uninscribed ushabtis attributed to same burial as those inscribed for Hetepef-hesu-(?) (25-3-223, 25-3-229, 25-3-282, and probably 25-3-224) not labeled with original registration number (which might be 25-3-225, 25-3-226, 25-3-227). One uninscribed ushabti labeled with this registration number (25-3-225) located in MFA inventory: MFA 25.4656; forty-three additional uninscribed ushabtis (complete and fragments) located in MFA inventory, these ushabtis and fragments not labeled with registration number, these ushabtis and fragments arbitrarily included with this batch (25-3-225; original registration numbers of any of them may have been 25-3-225, 25-3-226, 25-3-227): MFA 25.4710–25.4752.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7632

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

People 1

Ancient People

  • Hetepef-hesu-(?) (in G 7632)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Child ([ms n] born) of Ankhenes-(?). Set of ca. 376+ inscribed and uninscribed ushabtis (25-3-223, 25-3-229, 25-3-282, and probably 25-3-224, and others, including 25-3-225, 25-3-227, and possibly 25-3-226), with ca. 28+ inscribed for Hetepef-hesu-(?) (uninscribed ushabtis from this set attributed to Hetepef-hesu-(?)); found mostly inside coffin in G 7632 A IV and around and under it in area of knees, although specimens also found elsewhere in pit system.