Double ba-bird statue
mid-3rd century A.D.
FindspotKaranog, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniqueSandstone
DimensionsHeight (a): 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Height (b): 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Height (b): 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1111a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G. 219. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
1336–1327 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
1525–1504 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
early 1st century B.C.
A.D. 20–50
945–712 B.C.
mid-3rd century A.D.