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Stone fragment

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Taharqa
690–664 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid I, dump debris

Medium/Technique Serpentine
Dimensions Length x width: 2.3 x 1.8 cm (7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number18-2-455
NOT ON VIEW

ProvenanceFrom Nuri, pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa), dump debris. 1918: 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.