Fragment of faience ushabti
Head of [large] faience ushabti, [possibly Type IV (female), (Dynasty 19-22)]; [hand-formed, hard-baked coarse white paste, blue glaze], traces of headdress in black, [four small horizontal strokes in "purple-brown" (as for ribbon) on right side of full wig, eyes outlined in purple-brown]; [face badly damaged and glaze everywhere chipped].
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-700
- Alternate IDs
- 24-11-700; HUMFA_24-11-700
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- 11/20/1924
- Title
- Fragment of faience ushabti
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 3.225+ cm [3.2 cm] Width: 3.7cm Thickness: 3 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