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Sculpture fragment
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, North of B802 debris
Medium/Technique
Dark green gray stone
Dimensions
Other: 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.8 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20-3-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionRectilinear fragment with 2 worked faces forming a right angle. One incised line and edge of an inscription. Has finished bottom surface and traces of hieroglyph above horizontal base line. Same unusual material surface is dark green gray color often with a crackled texture. All incised marks are very finely executed and very crisp.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, North of B802 debris. 1920: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.