Faience ushabtis
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
