Faience ushabtis of Psamtik
Three complete inscribed faience ushabtis of Psamtik, [son of Ikhetpure, born of Iset], Type III 2d (cf. 29-11-274, 29-11-373, and scattered examples of this set: one from 29-11-196[gg], one from 29-11-157, three fragments from 29-12-17, 29-12-86, and 29-12-117, two fragments from 29-11-35, [one fragment from 29-11-10]); handmade, fine whitish paste (but not best), good bluish-green glaze, eight or nine horizontal lines of fine indistinct hieroglyphs on front [GLYPHS]; totals for this set: perfect: forty-four; complete: twenty-six; head ends: forty-six; foot ends: twenty-seven; middle sections: six; minimum: 122, maximum: 149.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_29-11-315a
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_29-11-315a; 29-11-315a
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- 11/23/1929
- Title
- Faience ushabtis of Psamtik
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 11.1 cm; (1) 10.2 cm; (2) 10.7 cm; (3) 11.3 cm; (4) 11 cm; (5) 11.2 cm; (6) 11.6 cm; (7) 12.1 cm; (8) 12.1 cm; (9) 11.6 cm; (10) 11.8 cm; (11) 10.9 cm; (12) 11.1 cm; (13) 11.1 cm; (14) 11.8 cm; (15) 11.6 cm; (16) 11.2 cm; (17) 11.3 cm; (18) 11.4 cm; (19-44) 10.2 - 12.1 cm; (45-70) 10.3 - 12 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7757 A, room IV, originally from room VI (burial chamber)
- 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
- Ushabtis of Psamtik (concordance 29-11-274). Two sets of inscribed ushabtis of Psamtik, son of Ikhetpure, born of Iset, have been attributed to two different “original” loci (based on provenances for the scattered ushabtis); however, both sets are identical (style and inscription); see ushabti concordance 25-2-236 (attributed to G 7631 A) and ushabti concordance 29-11-274 (attributed to G 7757 A). 29-11-315a: MFA 31.2035 (= 274.25), MFA 31.2041 (= 274.31), MFA 31.2048 (= 274.38)
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified