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Faience ushabtis

Small faience ushabtis; front molded with feet, back hand-formed and straight flat knife-cut, reddish-brown in section, thin light blue powder outside, unglazed; fifty-four complete, nine heads, seventeen feet, eighty maximum and seventy-nine minimum. Illustration: Yes

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_37-6-20
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
  • Findspot
    Subsidiary pyramid G I-b, debris of W room
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Width: 1.5 - 2 cm Length: 5.3 - 5.5 cm Thickness: .5 - 1 cm; feet: .8 - 1.3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    06/17/1937, 06/18/1937
  • Remarks
    For summary of ushabtis and figures of gods from G I-b see table OR page 1453.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G I-b

    • Site Name Khufu Pyramid Complex