Fragment of faience ushabti of Ahmose
Foot fragment of faience ushabti (cf. 29-3-260); blue glaze; [combined: 29-3-130 (one fragment), 29-3-131 (one fragment), 29-3-191 (one fragment), 29-3-224 (four fragments), 29-3-239 (one fragment), 29-3-258 (one fragment), 29-3-260 (three fragments), 29-3-283 (fourteen fragments), 29-3-308 (one fragment), 29-3-316 (six fragments), 29-4-15 (twenty-seven fragments), 29-4-110 (one fragment), 29-4-114 (four fragments), 29-4-203 (one fragment), 29-4-226 (one fragment), total = 67 less joins = 57 ushabtis of [GLYPHS] Ahmose, born of Mutirdis, Type III 2d, great variation in size; hand-molded, blade-dressed (made by two different hands), good hard cream colored paste, thick dark blue-green glaze (where preserved, many worn and faded), faces all similar, vertical line of inscription [GLYPHS]; complete: four; nearly complete: six; fragments with heads: seven; fragments with feet: twenty-eight; other fragments: twelve; total = 57].
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_29-3-239
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_29-3-239; 29-3-239
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- 03/18/1929
- Title
- Fragment of faience ushabti of Ahmose
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 2.7 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Street G 7600, E of mastaba G 7650, [originally from street G 7600, pit W (G 7600 W)]
- 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. 276.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
