Fragment of faience ushabti
Base [(legs)] of [large] faience ushabti [(Dynasty 20 ?)]; [hand-formed, hard-baked drab paste], green[ish blue] glaze, bears traces of inscription in black [GLYPHS] ([black painted before glazing]), no pedestal, [no base].
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-697
- Alternate IDs
- 24-11-697; HUMFA_24-11-697
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Period
- New Kingdom, Dynasty 20
- Entry Date
- 11/20/1924
- Title
- Fragment of faience ushabti
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 4.85+ cm Width: 3.1 cm Thickness: body: 1.55 cm; overall: 2.55 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Avenue G 1], debris from [boat pit] [N] of subsidiary pyramid G I-b (G I-a boat pit)
- Remarks
- Provenance originally recorded in OR incorrect; boat pit N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b, thus S of subsidiary pyramid G I-a (G I-a boat pit), was excavated end of November 1924
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified