Faience ushabtis of Hetepef-hesu-(?)
Nine faience ushabtis (cf. 25-3-223) (part of group of 366+, [corrected to read 376+], ushabtis including 25-3-223, 25-3-229, 25-3-282, [and probably 25-3-224], and others, [including 25-3-225, 25-3-227, and possibly 25-3-226]); [combined: half molded (may have been several molds used since size varies, but all listed under mold i, mold carefully cut but few figures have clear details), finger-smoothed at back, sides blade-dressed with single cut, soft-baked light colored paste with greenish blue specks, core pinkish, periphery nearly white, deep greenish blue glaze in some and paler and truer blue in others, most faded or corrupted with brown of organic decay, some inscribed with blunt pointed tool, no pilaster or base visible in most specimens, many deformed in making (faces and feet are parts of figure most often squashed) and cracked in baking]; these ushabtis (25-3-299) inscribed as 25-3-223; [combined: mold i (type III 2d), inscribed = 28+, uninscribed = 348+; provenance of various ushabtis in this group: pit: intact = 8 + 2, mended = 8 + 1, fragments = 4+, (total from pit: 20 + 3); pit + room A II: intact = 0, mended = 2, fragments = 0, (total from pit + room A II: 2); room A II: intact = 0 + 7, mended = 0 + 5, fragments = 28 + 4 (total from room A II: 28 + 16); rooms A II + A IV: intact = 0, mended = 3, fragments = 0 (total from rooms A II + A IV: 3); room A IV: intact = 179 + 8, mended = 86 + 1, fragments = 25 (total from room IV: 290 + 9); room A IV + pit: intact = 0, mended = 5, fragments = 0 (total from room A IV + pit: 5); totals: intact = 187 + 17, mended = 104 + 7, fragments = 57 + 4 (figures written after + signs are number of inscribed ushabtis); twenty-eight text variants, most inscribed for Hetepef-hesu-(?) born of Ankhenes-(?), two inscribed for Hetepef-hesu-(?) born of Nes...(?)].
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_25-3-229
- Alternate IDs
- 25-3-229; HUMFA_25-3-229
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- 03/05/1925
- Title
- Faience ushabtis of Hetepef-hesu-(?)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 6.8 - 7.1 cm; [combined: 6.2 - 7.8 cm; mean of 20 specimens: 7 cm]
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7632 A, [room 2 =] A IV
- Remarks
- Ushabtis of this group were found mostly inside coffin in room 2 (= Said's room A IV) and around and under it in area of knees; they clearly belong to this burial, although specimens occur from Said's room A II and elsewhere in pit system. Text variants on OR page 573. Total number of inscribed ushabtis (and fragments) belonging to this group (concordance 25-3-223) identified in MFA inventory, as well as those not MFA owned shown in photos C11003/C11004, exceeds number of inscribed originally recorded in OR entries for 25-3-223, 25-3-229, 25-3-282. Six inscribed ushabtis labeled with this registration number (25-3-229) located in MFA inventory, concordance sequence numbers: 4 = MFA 25.4637, 8 = MFA 25.4640, 9 = MFA 25.4641, 13 = MFA 25.4643, 15 = MFA 25.4644, 20 = MFA 25.4648 (original concordance sequence numbers assigned to inscribed ushabtis only).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified
