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Figure of a scorpion
Figure of a scorpion

Figure of a scorpion

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotNubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGlazed quartz
DimensionsHeight x width: 14.4 x 24.3 cm (5 11/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1666
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tumulus K III, comp. 5-3. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan; 1920: Received by the MFA. (Accession date: March 1, 1920.)