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Faience ushabtis

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G I-b

Small faience ushabtis; front molded with feet, back blade-dressed flat, hard greenish white paste, blue-green glaze, head thicker than body, elbows pronounced, feet slanting from back downwards; forty-one complete, nine heads, nine feet, fifty-nine maximum and minimum. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_37-6-22
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
  • Findspot
    Subsidiary pyramid G I-b, debris of W room
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Width: 1.6 - 2 cm Length: 5.7 - 6 cm Thickness: .7 - .9 cm; feet: .9 - 1.3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    06/17/1937, 06/18/1937
  • Remarks
    For summary of ushabtis and figures of gods from G I-b see table OR page 1453.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G I-b

    • Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex