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Faience ushabtis, series of several sizes; crudely cut, hard fine grained drab paste, thin pale blue-green glaze usually faded to pale drab color, broad faces, lappet wig and beard (front of beard trimmed flat), hands crossed right over left and opposite, implements in relief, in right hand (on left shoulder) wooden hoe and cord (attached to plain sack on back), in left hand (on right shoulder) metal-bladed hoe, pilaster and base hastily slashed cut with blade; sets (a) and (b) similar but made by different hands: b) same type and style as (a), but faces not so broad: thirty-five complete ushabtis, and fragments of two others (one head, one middle section).
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Details

ID
HUMFA_27-4-1068b
Alternate IDs
27-4-1068b; HUMFA_27-4-1068b; MFAB_29.2911; 29.2911; MFAB_29.2912; 29.2912; MFAB_29.2913; 29.2913; MFAB_29.2914; 29.2914; MFAB_29.2915; 29.2915; MFAB_29.2916; 29.2916; EMC_JE_53894; JE_53894; EMC_JE_53895; JE_53895; EMC_SR_4/10154; SR_4/10154; EMC_SR_4/10157; SR_4/10157; MFAB_29.2917; 29.2917; MFAB_29.2918; 29.2918; MFAB_29.2919; 29.2919; MFAB_29.2920; 29.2920; MFAB_29.2921; 29.2921; MFAB_29.2922; 29.2922
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: b1) 10.5 cm; b2) 10.5 cm; b3) 10 cm; b4) 9.9 cm; b5) 9.7 cm; b6) 10 cm; b7) 10 cm; b8) 9.7 cm; b9) 9 cm; b10) 9 cm; b11) 9.3 cm; b12) 9.5 cm; b13) 9.9 cm; b14) 10 cm; b15) 10 cm; b16) 9.8 cm; b17) 9.7 cm; b18) 9.6 cm; b19) 9.9 cm; b20) 9.8 cm b21) 8.9 cm; b22) 9 cm ; b23) 9 cm; b24) 9.8 cm; b25) 10 cm; b26) 9.4 cm; b27) 9.5 cm; b28) 9 cm; b29) 8.8 cm; b30) 9.5 cm; b31) 9.5 cm; b32) 9.5 cm; b33) 9.7 cm; b34) 9.5 cm; b35) 9.5 cm; head fragment: 7.2 cm; middle section fragment: 8.2 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 7450 X II, debris
Notes
27-4-1068b: (b1) - EMC_JE_53895 (= EMC_SR_4/10157), (b2) = EMC_JE_53894 (= EMC_SR_4/10154), (b4) = MFAB_29.2911, (b5) = MFAB_29.2912, (b6) = MFAB_29.2913, (b7) = MFAB_29.2914, (b8) = MFAB_29.2915, (b9) = MFAB_29.2916, (b10) = MFAB_29.2917, (b12) = MFAB_29.2918, (b13) = MFAB_29.2919, (b14) = MFAB_29.2920, (b15) = MFAB_29.2921, (b16) = MFAB_29.2922
Problems/Questions
MFA accession numbers verified

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