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
Lower part of faience ushabti; soft-baked pale drab paste, light green glaze, pilaster and base, pedestal at back with inscribed text (signs not clear in places).
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-12-515
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-12-515; 24-12-515
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- 12/20/1924
- Title
- Fragment of faience ushabti
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 5.35+ cm Width: 2.05 cm Thickness: 1.6 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Avenue G 2], S of mastaba G 7310-7320: G 7320, in street
- Remarks
- Ushabtis (fragments) 24-11-824 = MFA 25.5276, 24-12-515 = MFA 25.5287, 25-1-368 = MFA 25.5297, 25-1-550 = MFA 25.5301, 25-1-677 = MFA 25.5303, 25-2-252 = MFA 25.3342, 25-4-4 = MFA 25.4756 and MFA 25.4757, and possibly 25-1-678 = MFA 25.5302 considered part of same lot of ushabtis based on remnants of name (reading of name uncertain).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified