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Female figurine
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia, Egypt, Kubban, Cemetery 110, Grave 244
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 10.3 x 2.2 x 3 cm (4 1/16 x 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Archaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession Number110/244
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis is a fragment of a female statuette with the left leg and buttock and lower right leg remaining. The pubic triangle is marked with incised dots, and the hips are flexed 45 degrees. It is brown with black buttock, and tattoo marks are on the buttock and left thigh.
ProvenanceFrom Kubban. (ASN 110/244). 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; awarded to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.