Fragment of faience ushabti
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7100, G 7110-7120, avenue G 2, street G 7400, street G 7000, street G 7200, G 7410-7420, avenue G 1, G I-a boat pit, street G 7300, G 7310-7320, G 7511
Breast [(center)] portion of [large] faience ushabti, [Type III(?) 2, (Dynasty 20-21 ?)]; [probably molded, hard-baked light colored paste, brilliant blue glaze now a little greenish], hands in relief and outlined in black, left hand grasps model wooden hoe, traces of collar, inscription (["Osiris, the City Governor..."]) in black, back somehwhat flattened and shaped at waist in shallow haut-relief, no pedestal.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-821
- Alternate IDs
- 24-11-821; HUMFA_24-11-821
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Period
- Third Intermediate Period
- Entry Date
- 11/25/1924
- Title
- Fragment of faience ushabti
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 6.05+ cm Width: 4.65 cm Thickness: 1.95 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Street G 7000, opposite avenue G 1
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified