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Hand holding a heka scepter
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X corridor 9-1
Medium/Technique
Greywacke
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 x 7.4 x 2.5 cm (3 7/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14.1039
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis is a fragment of a clenched right hand holding a heka scepter, and the edge of a cloak, probably from a figure of a king in a Sed festival cloak. The stone is grayish-green greywacke.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X corridor 9-1. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.