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Torso of Osiris figure
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, 700B
Medium/Technique
Gray granite
Dimensions
Other: 15.6 x 10.2 x 8 cm (6 1/8 x 4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number16-3-27
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis is a fragment of an Osiris figure consisting of part of torso, tip of beard, and arms holding crook and flail and part of the back pillar. It is part of the same statue, but does not join 16-4-263.10, the feet and base. See Related for parts of whole.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, 700B. 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.