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Statue fragment

Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X B debris

Medium/Technique Greywacke
Dimensions Overall: 5.2 x 4.8 x 1.3 cm (2 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14-3-655.4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionThis fragment of statue has one worked surface with two fragments of incised hieroglyphs that are unreadable.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X B debris. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.