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Inscribed sculpture fragment

Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, B501 VIII-3 debris

Medium/Technique Gray granite
Dimensions Other: 5.6 x 8 x 3.5 cm (2 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20-2-154
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

Description2 worked surfaces. One is curved and has horizontal incised lines and part of incised hieroglyphic inscription that are a continuation of inscriptions on 20-2-132 that joins with it.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, B501 VIII-3 debris. 1920: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.