Faience ushabtis
Eighteen (+ head end fragment) of twenty-three faience ushabtis (cf. 27-4-1070, same type); very fine hard whitish paste, thin blue green glaze, better made than 27-4-1070 with outline of legs faintly indicated in most examples, beard with incised lines on two faces (except two examples), basket in relief, cord marked with incised lines (except in one example): a) larger, well made, apparently by same hand: a1) beard plain, a5-a6) made by same hand, a6) beard and cord plain, a8) fragment, a19) head end fragment.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_27-4-1071a
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_27-4-1071a; 27-4-1071a; MFAB_29.3624; 29.3624; MFAB_29.3625; 29.3625; MFAB_29.3626; 29.3626; MFAB_29.3627; 29.3627; MFAB_29.3628; 29.3628; MFAB_29.3629; 29.3629; EMC_JE_53891; JE_53891; EMC_SR_4/10156; SR_4/10156; EMC_SR_4/10176; SR_4/10176; MFAB_29.3630; 29.3630; MFAB_29.3631; 29.3631; MFAB_29.3632; 29.3632; MFAB_29.3633; 29.3633; MFAB_29.3634; 29.3634; EMC_JE_53890; JE_53890
- 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: a1) 11.6 cm; a2) 11.6 cm; a3) 11.3 cm; a4) 11 cm; a5) 11 cm; a6) 11 cm; a7) 10.7 cm; a8) 8.5+ (fragment) cm; a9) 10.2 cm; a10) 9.7 cm; a11) 10.1 cm; a12): 10.6 cm; a13) 10.6 cm; a14): 10.6 cm; a15) 11 cm; a16) 10.4 cm; a17) 10.5 cm; a18) 10.6 cm; a19) 3.7+ cm (head end fragment)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7450 X II, debris
- Notes
- 27-4-1071a: (a1) = MFAB_29.3624, (a2) = MFAB_29.3625, (a3) = MFAB_29.3626, (a4) = MFAB_29.3627, (a6) = EMC_JE_53891 (= EMC_SR_4/10156), (a7) = MFAB_29.3628, (a8) = MFAB_29.3629, (a9) = MFAB_29.3630, (a10) = MFAB_29.3631, (a11) = MFAB_29.3632, (a12) = MFAB_29.3633, (a13) - EMC_JE_53890 (= EMC_SR_4/10176), (a14) = MFAB_29.3634 EMC_JE_53890 mislabed in JE as HUMFA_27-4-1071a(3), and in HUMFA photo registers as HUMFA_24-4-1071a(5).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified