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Sculpture fragment
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, 702
Dimensions
Other: 38 x 29 x 23 cm (14 15/16 x 11 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Accession Number
16-3-263
Medium or Technique
Granite
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Top of head of colossal figure. Crown of sun disc and uraeus. The ear on left side appears to be a ram’s ear with horn curving around it. Corner of wig with vertical striations.
Provenance
From Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, 702. 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition