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Faience ushabtis

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7750, G 7767

Four small complete faience ushabtis, Type III 2d; half-molded, retouched, green (?) glaze, uninscribed, no pilaster; color gone // one complete faience ushabti; green (?) glaze, indistinctly inscribed on back [GLYPHS]; color gone // one head-end faience ushabti; green (?) glaze, inscribed [GLYPHS]; color gone // plus four transferred from 30-1-10 // = total seven uninscribed ushabtis, two inscribed ushabtis, one inscribed fragment (same inscription [GLYPHS] on two). Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_30-1-18
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7767 Z, debris of room I
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Height: first items: 5.3 - 5.5 cm; second item: 5.5 cm; third item: 2.9+ cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_30.1702
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_30.1703
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_30.1704
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_30.1705
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_30.1706
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_30.1707
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/8446
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_30.1708
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_56924
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_56925
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_56926
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/8444
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/8445
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFAB_30.1702–30.1708; EMC_JE_56924-EMC_JE_56926
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/03/1930
  • Notes
    Four ushabtis originally registered as 30-1-10 (and transferred to 30-1-18): MFA 30.1702. MFA 30.1703, MFA 30.1707, EMC_JE_56924 (= EMC_SR_4/8444); five ushabtis and one fragment originally registered as 30-1-18: complete: MFA 30.1704, MFA 30.1705, MFA 30.1706, EMC_JE_56925 (= EMC_SR_4/8445), EMC_JE_56926 (= EMC_SR_4/8446); fragment: MFA 30.1708
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7767

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1