Advanced Search 
View 4
Obelisk of King Senkamanisken
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Senkamanisken
643–623 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, B 702
Medium/Technique
Granite
Dimensions
Overall: 94 x 18 x 18 cm (37 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.); Overall: Width at bottom of obelisk 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.5434
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis dark gray granite obelisk fragment is inscribed for king Senkamanisken. This is the mid-section of a small obelisk. It is inscribed on all four sides; one face has a cartouche of Senkamanisken.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal B702. 1916: 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. (Accession date: August 2, 2016)