Inscribed fragment of a scribal statue
2040–1640 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBasalt (?)
DimensionsOverall: 12 x 16.5 x 23 cm (4 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1191a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K III outer edge to south. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
760–332 B.C.
760–525 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
2061–1390 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
2465–2150 B.C.
883–612 B.C.
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