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Bright blue faience ushabti, bearded, holding hoe and adze. Seven or eight lines of coarse inscription.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_49662
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
  • Findspot
    Near Sphinx
  • Material
    Bright blue faience
  • Dimensions
    18 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_4/8479
  • Period
    Late Period, Dynasty 26 or later
  • Excavator
    Émile Baraize, French, 1874–1952
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • Sphinx

    • Site Name Sphinx Complex

People 1

Modern People

  • Émile Baraize

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates French, 1874–1952
    • Remarks French engineer working for the Service des Antiquities who excavated around the Sphinx from 1926-1936.

Institutions 1