Faience ushabtis of Iurekires
Forty-one (41) faience ushabtis; blue glaze, nine inscribed on pilaster; [combined: 29-4-134 (twelve inscribed, fourteen uninscribed [26]), 29-4-188 (twelve inscribed, thirty-six uninscribed [48]), 29-4-202 (thirty-five inscribed, ninety-five uninscribed [130]), total = 204 less joins = 178 ushabtis of [GLYPHS] (wsr-jwrk-jr-s-Dd-f-anx-pr-aA) Iurekires, Type III 2d, in two sizes, both by same hand (a: large, b: small); half-molded (fronts) in at least two different molds, back blade-dressed, good hard cream colored paste, thin pale blue-green glaze, details of face and breast retouched with blade, one vertical line of incised inscription on pilaster [GLYPHS]; total inscribed fifty-eight (58): perfect: 29-4-134 (= two), 29-4-188 (= three), 29-4-202 (= ten); complete: 29-4-188 (= two), 29-4-202 (= eight), mixed joins (= one); fragments with heads: 29-4-134 (= five), 29-4-202 (= three); fragments with feet: 29-4-134 (= three), 29-4-188 (= three), 29-4-202 (= fourteen), mixed joins (= one); other fragments: 29-4-188 (= one), 29-4-202 (= two); total uninscribed one hundred twenty (120): perfect: 29-4-134 (= six), 29-4-188 (= eleven), 29-4-202 (= forty-five); complete: 29-4-188 (= five), 29-4-202 (= eleven), mixed joins (= four); fragments with heads: 29-4-134 (= two), 29-4-188 (= three), 29-4-202 (= seven); fragments with feet: 29-4-134 (= three), 29-4-188 (= ten), 29-4-202 (= ten); other fragments: 29-4-134 (= one), 29-4-202 (= two); one additional inscribed fragment from 29-3-224)].
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Details
- ID
- HUMFA_29-4-188
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_29-4-188; 29-4-188; MFAB_29.3287; 29.3287; MFAB_29.3288; 29.3288; MFAB_29.3296; 29.3296; MFAB_29.3297; 29.3297; MFAB_29.3316; 29.3316; EMC_JE_53887; JE_53887; EMC_SR_4/10159; SR_4/10159; MFAB_29.3310; 29.3310; MFAB_29.3311; 29.3311; MFAB_29.3312; 29.3312; MFAB_29.3313; 29.3313; MFAB_29.3314; 29.3314; MFAB_29.3315; 29.3315; MFAB_29.3304; 29.3304; MFAB_29.3305; 29.3305; MFAB_29.3306; 29.3306; MFAB_29.3307; 29.3307; MFAB_29.3308; 29.3308; MFAB_29.3309; 29.3309; MFAB_29.3298; 29.3298; MFAB_29.3299; 29.3299; MFAB_29.3300; 29.3300; MFAB_29.3301; 29.3301; MFAB_29.3302; 29.3302; MFAB_29.3303; 29.3303
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- 04/11/1929
- Title
- Faience ushabtis of Iurekires
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: average: 11.5 cm; [a) 10.3 - 11.4 cm; b) 8.5 - 9.6 cm]
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Street G 7600, pit Y (G 7600 Y)
- 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.
- Notes
- Total number of ushabtis (complete/fragmentary) registered as 29-4-188 in original entry apparently recalculated in concordance on OR page 818. MFA 29.3287 = 29-4-134 top + 29-4-188 bottom; MFA 29.3288 = 29-4-188 top + 29-4-134 bottom; MFA 29.3301 = 29-4-188 top + 29-4-202 bottom One ushabti (inscribed) in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_53887 = EMC_SR_4/10159).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
