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Shawabty of King Taharqa

690–664 B.C
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueRed-brown serpentinized rock
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 25.4 × 8.3 × 5.7 cm (10 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.860
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa) A IV 1. 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.