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Faience ushabtis of [GLYPHS] Rekhnefer, Type III 2d (at least seventy-seven ushabtis of this set: one unbroken, thirty complete, six complete save for feet, two lacking head and feet, two lacking piece out of middle, twelve upper fragments, ten head fragments, eight body fragments, twenty-six lower fragments, ten base fragments); handmade, details complete, variations in text incised in eight horizontal bands around body and legs [GLYPHS] Rekhnefer son of Merenptah.
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Details

ID
HUMFA_26-4-58
Alternate IDs
26-4-58; HUMFA_26-4-58
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
Entry Date
04/07/1926
Title
Faience ushabtis of Rekhnefer
Medium
Faience
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
G 7230-7240: pit G 7230 B, chamber VIII, debris
Bibliography
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.
Remarks
Total of ninety-nine ushabtis and fragments have been identified as 26-4-58: MFA 27.2089–27.2187
Problems/Questions
MFA accesion numbers verified

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