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Faience ushabtis of Denitptah

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7792

Faience ushabtis and fragments (cf. 28-3-120, same type), Type III 2d, (two hundred fifty complete, of which forty-three broken and mended; thirty-nine head ends; eleven middle sections; three middle sections including feet; twenty-nine feet only sections; and one complete with different beard); well made, blue glaze, similar to 28-3-120, but smaller in size and inscribed differently, vertical inscription down front, [GLYPHS] Denitptah, born of Irtyru. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_28-3-123
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7792 A
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Height: 11 - 13 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/10177
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/10179
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1853
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_54180
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_54181
  • Cairo Temporary Register number
    EMC_TR_16.4.30.9
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3204
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3205
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3206
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3207
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3208
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3209
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3198
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3199
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3200
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3201
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3202
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3203
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3192
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3193
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3194
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3195
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3196
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3197
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3186
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3187
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3188
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3189
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3190
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3191
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3180
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3181
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3182
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3183
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3184
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3185
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3174
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3175
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3176
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3177
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3178
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3179
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3168
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3169
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3170
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3171
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3172
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3173
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3162
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3163
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3164
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3165
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3166
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3167
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3156
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3157
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3158
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3159
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3160
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3161
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3150
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3151
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3152
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3153
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3154
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3155
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3144
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3145
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3146
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3147
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3148
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3149
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3138
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3139
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3140
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3141
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3142
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3143
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3132
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3133
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3134
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3135
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3136
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3137
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3126
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3127
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3128
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3129
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3130
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3131
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1854
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1855
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1856
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.1857
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3124
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_29.3125
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFAB_29.1853–29.1857, 29.3124–29.3209; EMC_JE_54180-54181, EMC_TR_16.4.30.9
  • Date of Register Entry
    March - April 1928
  • Owner
    Denitptah (in G 7792)
  • Attested
    Irtyru (in G 7792)
  • Notes
    28-3-123: only ten ushabtis from this set labeled with sequence numbers (not all accounted for): MFAB_29.3124 (= 1), EMC_JE_54180 = EMC_SR_4/10177 (= 2), MFAB_29.1853 (= 3), MFAB_29.3126 (= 4), MFAB_29.1854 (= 5), EMC_JE_54181 = EMC_SR_4/10179 (= 7), MFAB_29.1855 (= 8), MFAB_29.1856 (= 9), MFAB_29.3130 (= 10) Eight ushabtsi from this group among 20 ushabtis registered as EMC_TR_16.4.30.9.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7792

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Zivie-Coche, Christiane M. Giza Au Premier Millenaire: Autour du temple d'Isis dame des pyramides. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991, p. 278.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Denitptah (in G 7792)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Child (born) of Irtyru. Set of ca. 333 ushabtis (28-3-123) inscribed for Denitptah; found in G 7792 A.

  • Irtyru (in G 7792)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Mother of Denitptah. Name appears on set of ca. 333 ushabtis (28-3-123) inscribed for Denitptah; found in G 7792 A. Possibly same Irtyru as mother of Denitenkhonsu.