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Faience ushabtis

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

Eighteen of forty-five faience ushabtis (cf. 27-4-1068, same type); crudely cut (but not by same hands as 27-4-1068, varying considerably in workmanship and in details of beard and basket, apparently work of several hands of no great skill), fine hard paste, thin greenish blue glaze usually worn and faded to pale drab (cf. 27-4-1068), beard with two faces marked by incised lines, basket also marked by lines: a) larger and very crude. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_27-4-1070a
  • 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: a1) 11.8 cm; a2) 11.6 cm; a3) 11.4 cm; a4) 11.4 cm; a5) 11.2 cm; a6) 10.9 cm; a7) 10.4 cm; a8) 10.3 cm; a9) 10.5 cm; a10) 10.1 cm; a11) 10.4 cm; a12) 10.3 cm; a13) 10 cm; a14) 10 cm; a15) 10 cm; a16) 10.5 cm (crooked); a17) 10.1 cm; a18) 10.3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1809
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1810
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1811
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1812
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1813
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3607
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3608
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3609
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_53892
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/10171
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3601
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3602
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3603
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3604
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3605
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3606
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA 29.1809–29.1813, 29.3601–29.3609; EMC_JE_53892
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/15/1927 through 04/21/1927
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    27-4-1070a: (a1) = MFAB_29.3601, (a3) = MFAB_29.3602, (a4) = MFAB_29.1812, (a6) = MFAB_29.1809, (a8) = MFAB_29.3603, (a9) = MFAB_29.1811, (a10) = MFAB_29.1813, (a11) = MFAB_29.3604, (a12) = MFAB_29.3605, (a13) = MFAB_29.3606, (a15) = MFAB_29.3607, (a16) = MFAB_29.1810, (a17) = MFAB_29.3608, (a18) = MFAB_29.3609 One of these, probably (a2), is EMC_JE_53892 (= EMC_SR_4/10171).
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7450

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Institutions 1