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Stele of King Tanyidamani

180–140 B.C.
Object Place for LabelGebel Barkal (Sudan), Great Temple of Amen
Findspot
Medium/TechniqueGranite gneiss
DimensionsHeight: 158 cm (62 3/16 in.).
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number23.736
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, temple of Amen, approach (B 551). 1920: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1923: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.