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Faience ushabtis

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

Larger better modeled faience ushabtis; front molded, sides and back blade-dressed, hard white paste, darker blue-green glaze, lower end of wig incised, black decoration lines on forehead and back of head and back (inscription ?) and hoe; five heads, six feet, one middle section, twelve maximum, five mimimum. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_37-6-27
  • 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: 2.9 cm Length: ca 9 cm Thickness: 1.5 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