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Statuette of kneeling man

Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Tumulus K III 2(1)

Medium/Technique Granite
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .40 H.
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.725
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionBlack granite. Upper part of body and head missing. Inscribed in lap and on top front of base. Much cracked as if from fire. Both hands flat on knees.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.


Findspot Information: [Exped. date] 1913-1914