Faience ushabtis of Denitenkhonsu
Faience ushabtis and fragments, Type III 2d (1 - 7: complete; 8 - 21: mended complete; 22 - 28: head and middle sections; 29 - 35: foot ends; three middle section fragments); hand cut, fine hard cream paste, thick blue glaze, lappet wig, divine beard, hands crossed right over left and opposite, metal adze in left hand on right shoulder, wooden hoe and cord in right hand on left shoulder, basket on back, inscription incised in horizontal lines on front but blurred by glaze, [GLYPHS] Denitenkhonsu, born of Irtyru (inscription extremely badly written with many mistakes and variations partly due to workman's copying vertical inscription into horizontal lines), pilaster and base.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_28-3-120
- Alternate IDs
- 28-3-120; HUMFA_28-3-120; EMC_SR_4/10195; SR_4/10195; EMC_SR_4/10196; SR_4/10196; MFAB_29.1845; 29.1845; MFAB_29.1846; 29.1846; MFAB_29.1847; 29.1847; MFAB_29.1848; 29.1848; MFAB_29.3111; 29.3111; MFAB_29.3112; 29.3112; EMC_JE_54174; JE_54174; EMC_JE_54175; JE_54175; EMC_TR_16.4.30.9; TR_16.4.30.9; MFAB_29.3103; 29.3103; MFAB_29.3104; 29.3104; MFAB_29.3105; 29.3105; MFAB_29.3108; 29.3108; MFAB_29.3109; 29.3109; MFAB_29.3110; 29.3110; MFAB_29.1849; 29.1849; MFAB_29.3098; 29.3098; MFAB_29.3099; 29.3099; MFAB_29.3100; 29.3100; MFAB_29.3101; 29.3101; MFAB_29.3102; 29.3102
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- March - April 1928
- Title
- Faience ushabtis of Denitenkhonsu
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 1) 17.9 cm; 2) 19.1cm; 3) 18.5 cm; 4) 17.5 cm; 5) 19.5 cm; 6) 18.8 cm; 7) 17.9 cm; 8) 18.1 cm; 9) 19.1 cm; 10) 18.6 cm; 11) 18.7 cm; 12) 18.2 cm; 13) 18 cm; 14) 18.4 cm; 15) 19.1 cm beard broken; 16) 18.4 cm beard broken; 17) 18.6 cm; 18) 18.1 cm; 19) 17.6 cm; 20) 18 cm beard broken off; 21) 18.9 cm beard damaged; 22) 16.7 cm; 23) 17.2 cm; 24) 16.7 cm; 25) 14 cm; 26) 15.5 cm; 27) 10.6 cm; 28) 5.5 cm head only; 29) 13.6 cm middle and feet; 30) 6.3 cm; 31) 6.9 cm; 32) 4.3 cm; 33) 2.7 cm; 34) 2.7 cm; 35) 2 cm half of base only; middle sections) 2.3 - 3.3 cm Width: 1) 5.4 cm Thickness: 1) 3.1 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition MFAB_29.1845–29.1849, 29.3098–29.3105, 29.3108–29.3112; EMC_JE_54174, EMC_JE_54175, EMC_TR_16.4.30.9
- Provenance
- Pit G 7792 A
- 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. 279 (misidentified as 23-3-120).
- Notes
- 28-3-120: (1) = MFAB_29.3098, (2) = MFAB_29.1845, (3) = MFAB_29.1846, (4) = MFAB_29.3099, (5) = MFAB_29.1847, (6) = EMC_JE_54174 = EMC_SR_4/10196, (7) = EMC_JE_54175 = EMC_SR_4/10195, (8) = MFAB_29.3100, (9) = MFAB_29.3101, (10) = MFAB_29.3102, (11) = MFAB_29.1848, (13) = MFAB_29.3103, (14) = MFAB_29.3104, (15) = MFAB_29.3105, (16) = MFAB_29.3108, (17) = MFAB_29.1849, (18) = MFAB_29.3109, (19) = MFAB_29.3110, (20) = MFAB_29.3111, (21) = MFAB_29.3112 One ushabti from this group (number unknown) among 20 ushabtis registered as EMC_TR_16.4.30.9.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified