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Group shot: 20.225; 20.237, 20.242, 20.244, 21.2907, 21.2938, 21.2943-4, 21.2958, 21.2962, 21.2…
Shawabty of King Taharqa
Group shot: 20.225; 20.237, 20.242, 20.244, 21.2907, 21.2938, 21.2943-4, 21.2958, 21.2962, 21.2966, 21.2976-7, 21.2988-9, 21.3001, 21.3004, 21.3019, 21.3048, 21.3052

Shawabty of King Taharqa

690–664 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueGray serpentinite
DimensionsOverall: 34.2 x 12.5 cm (13 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.225
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa) I E near door. 1917: 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.
(Accession date: March 1, 1920)