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Fragment of male figure(?)

Nubian
Napatan Period
Findspot: Sudan, Nubia, Gebel Barkal, 503

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions 3.5 x 4.0 cm (1 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number16-4-319
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionFragment of male figure(?), false beard and broad collar, flat back. Not shawabty iconography.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal 503, April, 1916: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.