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Stele shaped inlay (?) with enthroned king

750–650 B.C.
Object PlaceNubia
Medium/TechniqueBasalt
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 4.4 x 3.1 x .6 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.1818
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.