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Statuette fragment

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Kashta
750–743 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid 8

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Height: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number19.1828
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionFragment of the legs of a standing figure with the left leg advanced.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, pyramid 8 (Tomb of Kashta). 1919: 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: January 5, 2005)