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Right arm and back fragment
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X corridor 7-3
Medium/Technique
Granodiorite
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 9.1 x 5.4 cm (4 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number14-1-367
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis is a fragment of the back and proper right arm of a figure with a small part of the back pillar. The stone is black granodiorite with small evenly distributed white and black biotite inclusions (may be diorite). GD3.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X corridor 7-3. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.