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
Upper part of faience ushabti (cf. 24-11-613) of man, [Type III 2d, (Dynasty 27-30 ?)]; [molded, soft-baked pale colored paste, core blueish grey, deep blue glaze, faded], [face well-formed, very pronounced divine beard and "side whiskers", beard, lappets, etc in relief, as is small basket on back of left shoulder that hangs from painted black cord, most details picked out in black (= purple), as is text [GLYPHS]], incised inscription, no pedestal.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-608
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-11-608; 24-11-608
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Period
- Late Period, Dynasty 25
- Entry Date
- 11/17/1924
- Title
- Fragment of faience ushabti
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 7.7+ cm Width: 3.5 cm Thickness: 2.4 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Avenue G 1], N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified