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Sculpture fragment
Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, B514
Medium/Technique
Dark green gray stone
Dimensions
Other: 5.6 x 4 x 2 cm (2 3/16 x 1 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number16-4-112.6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionRectilinear fragment with two worked surfaces forming an edge. Two perpendicular, deeply incised lines on worked surface. Other worked surface is part of bottom. 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, B514. 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.