Faience ushabtis
Faience ushabtis; handmade, soft coarse drab paste with bluish grey center, thin blue green glaze (more or less faded), lappet wig and beard (marked with lines), hands crossed and opposite, implements in relief, cord and basket (varies) and wooden hoe in right hand, metal hoe in left hand, low pilaster (wig marked) and base: ten complete (1-8, 15, 16); fragments (9-14); and additional fragments: eighteen heads, twenty-two feet, and four fragments.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_27-4-1083
- Alternate IDs
- 27-4-1083; HUMFA_27-4-1083; EMC_SR_4/10184; SR_4/10184; MFAB_ 29.3084; 29.3084; MFAB_ 29.3085; 29.3085; MFAB_ 29.3086; 29.3086; MFAB_ 29.3087; 29.3087; MFAB_ 29.3088; 29.3088; MFAB_ 29.3095; 29.3095; MFAB_ 29.3096; 29.3096; MFAB_ 29.3097; 29.3097; EMC_JE_53905; JE_53905; MFAB_ 29.3089; 29.3089; MFAB_ 29.3090; 29.3090; MFAB_ 29.3091; 29.3091; MFAB_ 29.3092; 29.3092; MFAB_ 29.3093; 29.3093; MFAB_ 29.3094; 29.3094
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- 04/15/1927 through 04/21/1927
- Title
- Faience ushabtis
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 1) 12.5 cm; 2) 12.5 cm; 3) 11.9 cm; 4) 11.9 cm; 5) 11.8 cm; 6) 11.4 cm; 7) 10.9 cm; 8) 11.2 cm; 9) 9.9 cm; 10) 11.8 cm; 11) 10.8 cm; 12) 10.6 cm; 13) 6.3 cm; 14) 6.8 cm; 15) 11.6 cm; 16) 11 cm; fragments: 1.5 - 10.4 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7450 X II, debris
- Notes
- 27-4-1083: (1) = EMC_JE_53905 = EMC_SR_4/10184, (2) = MFAB_29.3084, (3) = MFAB_29.3085, (4) = MFAB_29.3086, (5) = MFAB_29.3087, (6) = MFAB_29.3088, (8) = MFAB_29.3089, (9) = MFAB_29.3090, (10) = MFAB_29.3091, (11) = MFAB_29.3092, (12) = MFAB_29.3093, (13) = MFAB_29.3094, (14) = MFAB_29.3095, (15) = MFAB_29.3096, (16) = MFAB_29.3097
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified