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Faience ushabtis; front molded with feet square at right angles to back, back blade-dressed, soft white paste, blue-green glaze, head a little thicker than body; three complete, twenty heads, eighteen feet, six middle sections, forty-seven maximum and twenty-nine minimum.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_37-6-24
Alternate IDs
37-6-24; HUMFA_37-6-24
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
Entry Date
06/17/1937, 06/18/1937
Title
Faience ushabtis
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Width: 1.6 - 1.9 cm Length: 6.6 - 7.1 cm Thickness: 1 - 1.4 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Subsidiary pyramid G I-b, debris of W room
Remarks
For summary of ushabtis and figures of gods from G I-b see table OR page 1453.

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