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Shawabty of Queen Naparaye
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Taharqa
690–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid 3, from debris in Chambers A and B
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Overall: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.12519
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Shawabties and shawabty boxes
DescriptionThis is a shawabty found in the tomb of Queen Naparaye, daughter of Piankhy, wife of Taharqa. The shawabty is uninscribed. This mummiforn shape does not have a back pillar or base. Features such as the calfs, knees and hips are shaped. No hands or implements are depicted. The male figure wears a tripartite wig and has a long beard. This fragment is missing its head and only faint traces of the bottoms of the lappets and tip of the beard remain. There is no wigline visible. The object was broken in two pieces and is not mended.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid 3 (tomb of Queen Naparaye), from debris in Chambers A and B. Possibly intrusive from Pyramid 4. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.