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Faience ushabtis

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7813

Ten faience ushabtis, Type III 2d, and many fragments; blue-green glaze, very roughly made; combined: 31-1-225, 31-1-234: a) [one] roughly molded, dressed flat on back (# 3); b) five molded, hand dressed, pilaster well cut (# 4, 32-35); c) [thirty-one] poorly half-molded (different molds in four sizes), carelessly flattened on back (# 5-31, 36-39); totals: ten perfect, nineteen complete, [seven perfect (234), one complete (234)], forty-seven head ends, fifty foot ends = eighty-four minimum, one hundred thirty-four maximum, plus eleven middle sections. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_31-1-225
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7813 T, debris
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Height: 3) 7.2 cm; 4, 31-35) 7 cm; 14-17, 27-31) 7.7 - 7.8 cm; 11-13, 24-26) ca 6.8 cm; 8-10, 21-23) ca 5.4 cm; 5-7, 18-20) ca 5.2 cm; 36-39) 7.6 - 7.8 cm Width: 225) 1.4 - 1.9 cm Length: 225) 6.1 - 7.8 cm Thickness: 225) 1.2 - 1.7 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1938
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1939
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1940
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1941
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1942
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1943
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/8438
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/8439
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/8440
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1962
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1963
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1972
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_56918
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_56919
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_56920
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1956
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1957
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1958
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1959
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1960
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1961
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1950
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1951
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1952
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1953
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1954
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1955
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1944
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1945
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1946
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1947
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1948
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accession number
    MFAB_31.1949
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFAB_31.1938–31.1963, 31.1972; EMC_JE_56918-56920
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/19/1931
  • Notes
    Concordance 31-1-225 (including ushabtis from 31-1-225 and 31-1-234, not all accounted for) omits sequence numbers 1 and 2 (given to two ushabtis from 31-1-224 by mistake). MFA 31.1939 (= 225.3), MFA 31.1940 (= 225.4), MFA 31.1941 (= 225.5), MFA 31.1942 (= 225.6), MFA 31.1943 (= 225.7), EMC_JE_56918 (= EMC_SR_4/8438 = 225.8), MFA 31.1944 (= 225.9), MFA 31.1945 (= 225.10), EMC_JE_56919 (= EMC_SR_4/8439 = 225.11), MFA 31.1946 (= 225.12), MFA 31.1947 (= 225.13), MFA 31.1948 (= 225.14), MFA 31.1949 (= 225.15), MFA 31.1950 (= 225.16), EMC_JE_56920 (= EMC_SR_4/8440 = 225.17), MFA 31.1951 (= 225.18), MFA 31.1952 (= 225.19), MFA 31.1953 (= 225.21), MFA 31.1954 (= 225.22), MFA 31.1955 (= 225.23), MFA 31.1956 (= 225.24), MFA 31.1957 (= 225.25), MFA 31.1958 (= 225.26), MFA 31.1959 (= 225.27), MFA 31.1960 (= 225.28), MFA 31.1961 (= 225.29), MFA 31.1962 (= 225.30), MFA 31.1963 (= 225.31), MFA 31.1938 (unnumbered fragment), MFA 31.1972 (unnumbered fragment).
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession numbers verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7813

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 1