Faience ushabtis of Patjenef
[Thirty-seven plus (37+)] large faience ushabtis, [Type III 2d], varying in size; [handmade, carved, hard-baked soft blue paste, pitted with air holes and occasionally with specks of sand, pale blue glaze (copper salt), well-made face (of type often associated with statues of Saitic period), corners of mouth turn up, face round and jovial, a few look a little more solemn, implements (hoes, cord and basket) carved with considerable care, pilaster generally not deep, base regular and well cut], inscriptions incised in soft paste, [inscriptions careless, after name and titles (often inaccurately inscribed) inscription lapses into nonsense], name: Ptahenef, Ptahemef, Themef, [Patjenef], child of Herib-Webastet [GLYPHS]; all broken, three incomplete, [one joins fragment from 25-2-1044, for one additional fragment cf. 25-2-310]. Illustration: No
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- ID
- HUMFA_25-2-949
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
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- Findspot
- G 7610+7620: pit G 7620 O
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- Material
- Faience
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- Dimensions
- Height: 15.6 - 25.3 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession numbers: 25.3212–25.3246, 25.5362–25.5365
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- Date of Register Entry
- 02/22/1925
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- Attested
- Herib-bastet (in G 7610+7620)
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- Owner
- Patjenef (in G 7610+7620)
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- Remarks
- Further information concerning sizes and styles on OR page 580; further information concerning problems with inscriptions on OR page 581; text variants on OR page 582. MFA 25.3212–25.3235 (= object sequence numbers 25-2-949.1 through 25-2-949.24), MFA 25.3236–25.3244 (= object sequence numbers 25-2-949.26 through 25-2-949.34), MFA 25.3245 (= 25-2-1044 torso + 25-2-949 feet = object sequence number 25-2-949.35), MFA 25.3246 (= object sequence number 25-2-949.25). Four additional ushabti fragments probably belonging with 25-2-949 ushabtis accessioned as MFA 25.5362 (head and shoulder fragment, probably belongs with 25-2-949.31 = MFA 25.3241), MFA 25.5363 (small head fragment), MFA 25.5364 (head fragment), MFA 25.5365 (foot and base fragment).
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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Zivie-Coche, Christiane M. Giza Au Premier Millenaire: Autour du temple d'Isis dame des pyramides. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991, p. 277.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Mother of Patjenef. Scattered set of ushabtis inscribed for Patjenef attributed to G 7620 O.
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Child (born) of Herib-Bastet. Scattered set of ushabtis inscribed for Patjenef attributed to burial in G 7620 O
