Faience ushabtis
[Eight] (seven perfect, one complete) faience ushabtis and eighteen fragments, Type III 2d (cf. 31-1-225); most half-molded, faces retouched, faded blue-green glaze, two with pilaster (# 32, 33), two with rudimentary pilaster (# 34, 35); four half-molded, hand smoothed backs (# 36-39).
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_31-1-234
- Alternate IDs
- 31-1-234; HUMFA_31-1-234
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- 01/20/1931
- Title
- Faience ushabtis
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Width: 1.8 - 2 cm Length: 6.7 - 8.2 cm Thickness: 1 - 1.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7813 T, in passage
- Remarks
- Concordance 31-1-225 (including ushabtis from 31-1-225 and 31-1-234, not all MFA owned) omits sequence numbers 1 and 2 (given to two ushabtis from 31-1-224 by mistake). MFA 31.1964 (= 225.32), MFA 31.1965 (= 225.33), MFA 31.1966 (= 225.34), MFA 31.1967 (= 225.35), MFA 31.1968 (= 225.36), MFA 31.1969 (= 225.37), MFA 31.1970 (= 225.38), MFA 31.1971 (= 225.39).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified