Statue of a ba-bird
about 100 B.C. to A.D. 300
FindspotShabul, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniqueSandstone
DimensionsHeight: 52 cm (20 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1100
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Shabul, grave 24-22B. 1907: 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; 1907-1991: 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)
945–712 B.C.
mid-3rd century A.D.
mid-3rd century A.D.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
mid-3rd century A.D.
270–A.D. 320
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
3rd century A.D.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300