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Left knee and thigh of a striding male
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X corridor 9-12
Medium/Technique
Granodiorite
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 x 11 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.)-fragment a.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1060
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis fragment is the fully modeled knee and upper thigh of the left leg of a striding figure. A corner of the central panel of the kilt is visible. This joins the lower part of the leg 14-1-451=14.1035. The stone is black granodiorite with sporadic black biotite inclusions and mica, the break areas look granulated. GD5.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X corridor 9-12. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.