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Fragment of faience

Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, Street G 7300

Medium/Technique Glazed faience
Dimensions Overall: 2.3 x 2.2 cm (7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number27.1912
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionFragment of faience: part of a figure? Color blue, Brownish paste, hieroglyphic sign in black. Probably part of the head.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Egypt, Street G 7300, east of mastaba G 7350, west of G 7450, in fill, 1927 : excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.