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Falcon body fragment?

Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (?)
1390–1352 B.C. (?)
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, D500

Medium/Technique Black sparkly granodiorite
Dimensions Overall: 6.8 x 2.5 x 5.9 cm (2 11/16 x 1 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number16-4-250.8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionThis is one fragment with a single convexly curved polished surface.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, D500. 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.