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Base of a scribal statue
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K IV room B debris
Medium/Technique
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions
Overall: 9.7 x 11 x 5.8cm (3 13/16 x 4 5/16 x 2 5/16in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.5827a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis fragment has a flat semicircular edge with curving semicircular shape on top, mostly destroyed. It is possibly the base of a scribal statue (see 13-12-51b). It is made out of coarse alabaster. It joins 13.5827.2.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K IV room B debris. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.