Head of a queen
A.D. 20–50
Medium/TechniqueSandstone, traces of gilding and Egyptian blue
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 19 x 8.5 x 13 cm (7 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.1797
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, Temple B 500, Room B 514. April, 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
30 B.C. to A.D. 14
about mid-5th century A.D.
16th century
10th–11th century
about A.D. 580
