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Torso fragment
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
2040–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K IV room A entrance
Medium/Technique
Granodiorite
Dimensions
Overall: 13.5 x 12 x 11 cm (5 5/16 x 4 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.);Other: Width of back pillar 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13-12-33
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis is a fragment of the torso of a seated or squatting figure with the right hand across chest. The right hand and arm position is angled upwards, part of the modeling of the left arm is evident below the right. There is a broad back pillar. Likely this is a fragment of a seated figure. Compare simelar figure MFA 17.1118.
The stone is black granodiorite, the break areas look almost melted (often, with large pink feldspar veins or inclusions). GD4.
The stone is black granodiorite, the break areas look almost melted (often, with large pink feldspar veins or inclusions). GD4.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K IV room A entrance. 1913: 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.