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Faience ushabtis

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7450

Faience ushabtis; handmade, soft coarse drab paste with bluish grey center, thin blue green glaze (more or less faded), lappet wig and beard (marked with lines), hands crossed and opposite, implements in relief, cord and basket (varies) and wooden hoe in right hand, metal hoe in left hand, low pilaster (wig marked) and base: ten complete (1-8, 15, 16); fragments (9-14); and additional fragments: eighteen heads, twenty-two feet, and four fragments. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_27-4-1083
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7450 X II, debris
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Height: 1) 12.5 cm; 2) 12.5 cm; 3) 11.9 cm; 4) 11.9 cm; 5) 11.8 cm; 6) 11.4 cm; 7) 10.9 cm; 8) 11.2 cm; 9) 9.9 cm; 10) 11.8 cm; 11) 10.8 cm; 12) 10.6 cm; 13) 6.3 cm; 14) 6.8 cm; 15) 11.6 cm; 16) 11 cm; fragments: 1.5 - 10.4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/10184
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3084
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3085
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3086
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3087
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3088
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3095
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3096
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3097
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_53905
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3089
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3090
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3091
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3092
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3093
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_ 29.3094
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFAB_ 29.3084–29.3097, EMC_JE_53905
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/15/1927 through 04/21/1927
  • Notes
    27-4-1083: (1) = EMC_JE_53905 = EMC_SR_4/10184, (2) = MFAB_29.3084, (3) = MFAB_29.3085, (4) = MFAB_29.3086, (5) = MFAB_29.3087, (6) = MFAB_29.3088, (8) = MFAB_29.3089, (9) = MFAB_29.3090, (10) = MFAB_29.3091, (11) = MFAB_29.3092, (12) = MFAB_29.3093, (13) = MFAB_29.3094, (14) = MFAB_29.3095, (15) = MFAB_29.3096, (16) = MFAB_29.3097
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7450

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery