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Royal head of statue with double crown
Egyptian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, B501, 1.5m. W of & betw. lines N & S, crtn walls
Medium/Technique
Black grano-diorite
Dimensions
Other: 28 x 17.2 x 18.3 cm (11 x 6 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20-1-273
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis is the head of a royal statue wearing the red crown and about one-half of the white crown. The uraeus is partly broken away and the left ear is slightly chipped. The top of the right eye and the outer edge of the left eye are present, but the rest of the face is missing. It is black granodiorite with a fine high polish. It was described as a "First class work". Dunham says it may be the head of the seated figure MFA 23.737, Thutmose III, "not in Boston", Dunham Barkal, P. 17.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, B501, 0.5m. W of and between lines of N & S, curtain walls. 1920: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.