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Fragment of faience ushabti

Object register page:

Head of [large] faience ushabti, [possibly Type IV (female), (Dynasty 19-22)]; [hand-formed, hard-baked coarse white paste, blue glaze], traces of headdress in black, [four small horizontal strokes in "purple-brown" (as for ribbon) on right side of full wig, eyes outlined in purple-brown]; [face badly damaged and glaze everywhere chipped]. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_24-11-700
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
  • Findspot
    [Avenue G 1], debris from [boat pit] [N] of subsidiary pyramid G I-b (G I-a boat pit)
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Height: 3.225+ cm [3.2 cm] Width: 3.7cm Thickness: 3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    11/20/1924
  • Remarks
    Provenance originally recorded in OR incorrect; boat pit N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b, thus S of subsidiary pyramid G I-a (G I-a boat pit), was excavated end of November 1924

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