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Forepart of a reclining lion

Forepart of a reclining lion

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Object Place for LabelKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlazed quartzite
DimensionsOverall: 8.4 x 12cm (3 5/16 x 4 3/4in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4229
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Chapel K II:A. 1912: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1913: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
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