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Body of a lion or sphinx
Body of a lion or sphinx

Body of a lion or sphinx

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotNubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlazed quartz
DimensionsHeight x Length: 33.1 x 43.6 cm (13 1/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1223
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tumulus K III, comp. 4/3. December 1913: eexcavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.