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Lower left leg of a striding male
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K III street 6(1)
Medium/Technique
Granodiorite
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 8.5 x 28 cm (6 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1185b
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis fragment includes the left advancing lower leg, ankle and part of the top of the foot, except the toes. Overall, these two fitting fragments make the legs of a walking figure. It is inscribed down the back pillar. The stone is black granodiorite with sporadic black biotite inclusions and mica, the break areas look granulated. GD5. It joins 20.1185a and is possibly related to 20.1221.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K III street 6(1). 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.